The COVID-19 crisis has taught us to adapt. Whether it’s spending time with friends and family over video chat, or learning in virtual classrooms, technology has allowed us to maintain some aspects of normalcy i...
Friends and neighbors, Last week Gov. Tim Walz announced his decision on school reopening for the state of Minnesota. We have encouraged the Governor to allow local districts to decide the best way to safely edu...
Back to school plans were announced by Governor Walz last Thursday. The administration is allowing local districts to plan their initial return, though under state guidelines and with the knowledge that the Depa...
I received a text the other day from my neighbor about a killer in our neighborhood. Immediately I was on alert and wanted to know more. After all, it’s not every day that a killer is reported in your neighborho...
TO THE EDITOR:In the August 1st issue of the Patriot, Mary Kiffmeyer, Andrew Mathews and Shane Mekeland all published letters attacking the Governor’s mask mandate. They suggested that decisions like this requi...
TO THE EDITOR:On August 1st, this newspaper allowed three local Republican legislators to launch a coordinated political attack on a Democratic Governor from its own editorial page without any effort to solicit ...
TO THE EDITOR:The decision by Governor Walz and Mayor Frey to abandon the 3rd police precinct was a foolish blunder of catastrophic portion, and misuse of their powers. It tore the heart and soul out of every po...
Summer has always been a time synonymous with county fairs and outdoor festivals in Minnesota. That was until summer of 2020. The COVID pandemic has wreaked havoc with almost every aspect of daily living since t...
This week, congress is back in Washington continuing to combat Coronavirus and get our economy booming again.Last week, I worked with my colleagues from Minnesota to protect jobs in our state, met with Minnesota...
Friends and Neighbors,Gov. Walz recently issued a statewide mask mandate. Many Minnesotans are understandably frustrated with this unilateral decision. Since he announced his peacetime emergency powers in March,...
