Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Andrew Mathews and Shane Mekeland have been representing this district and have done an excellent job. With all that is happening we need them to continue to represent us. Both of them try as hard ...
Editorials
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Big Lake School Board Election – Need More InformationOver the past couple weeks the Patriot published profiles of the (5) people running for the three open seats on the Big Lake School Board. Whi...
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:In his letter in last week’s Patriot, Mr. Chris Rauch suggested the “Common theme” was no compliance by the subject, leading to police shootings. He was silent on the other “common theme;” that is,...
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:I'm writing to encourage Big Lakers to vote for Paul Knier for mayor on November 3.I've known Paul for more than a decade and can assure you that his passion for serving the people of Big Lake is u...
Funding Solutions For All
We have finished the first couple weeks of school here at Becker Public Schools. It is very refreshing to see all of the students back in our classrooms and excited to be here. As this current situation contin...
American Goldfinches
Several mornings a week, I rise early and head out to my favorite patch of late blooming flowers. It’s a large patch of tall, bright yellow flowers. At this time of year there isn’t a lot of flowers that are blo...
Election safety, security, and integrity during a pandemic
There has been a lot of conversation about voting during a pandemic. Thankfully, Minnesota has had a history of bipartisan and commonsense elections laws for many years that made significant changes to voting un...
Long Supported Projects for Hwy 10
As the weather starts to shift and another Minnesota winter creeps closer, infrastructure safety is critically important.Last week, I announced a $15 million dollar investment in Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional ...
Can I Do It?
As a writer for the Patriot, I get many weeks notice for when it will be my turn to write the weekly editorial column. Personally, this gives me a long time to think about topics and to try and craft a piece th...
Letter to Editor
TO THE EDITOR:We turn on the tv at night just to see another city on fire in response to a police shooting. We see the defund the police movement and BLM. But it is all misses the mark on what the real solution...
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