Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...

During the May funeral for a retired fire chief, firefighter Chuck Moonen felt something was missing in the effort to pay proper respect to the man. The sound of bagpipes. It prompted Moonen, 44, to ...