Open Schools, Supporting Police
This week we adjourned the second special session. The purpose for this session was the requirement that if Gov. Walz decided to renew his emergency powers, he was required to call a special session and he chose...
Editorials
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Republican endorsed Shane Mekeland needs your vote in the Primary Election on Tuesday, August 11th. Representative Mekeland is the best hope that freedom-loving Minnesotans have in the General Elec...
Letter to Editor
To the Editor:Having read the 6-26-2020 “Rest of the Story” staff editorial, I have to appreciate the honesty of her critique of the media regarding biased reporting.So with all the opinions on racism in the med...
One Lucky Winner . . .
It was back in August of 1998 that I began my career at the Citizen newspaper and I never would have guessed at that time that it was something I would still be doing 22 years later. There were some years where...
Gov’s emergency powers endorsed
Minnesota House Republicans on Tuesday once again sought to end the executive powers Gov. Tim Walz first enacted in mid-March. For a fifth time, House Democrats blocked such an effort.While urgent action may hav...
Emergency Powers Vote Fails
One day after a bipartisan vote by the Minnesota Senate to end the peacetime emergency declared by Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats blocked a similar vote in the Minnesota House.As I’ve done many times before, I once ag...
An Old Friend...
The other day, I was out kicking around a natural area just enjoying nature with no particular agenda. I imagine a lot of my readers think that I am constantly on the hunt to capture the next wildlife image. Whi...
Made in America Week
This week, we celebrate “Made in America Week.”Minnesota’s Sixth District is home to many small, medium and large businesses that manufacture their products right here in America. We have some of the best and br...
Emergency powers must stop
This week we voted to remove Gov. Walz’s emergency powers for the second time.The Governor called the Senate back to the Capitol Monday for a second special session. In response, we passed a resolution to end th...
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Finally, some good news on the climate crisis front, and home-grown, at that. Minnesota’s own attorney general is suing ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and Koch Industries for lying t...
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