Concern Over Proposed Energy Standard
I issued the following statement regarding legislation (H.F. 700/S.F. 850) which would raise Minnesota’s renewable energy standard to 100 percent carbon-free by 2045. Mekeland is a member of the House Energ...
Editorials
Their ‘Ball Game’ Became Destroyed
I look often at a picture of four young Venezuelan boys, taken by me during a press trip to their country 15 years ago. They had just finished playing a pickup game of “beisbol” on the streets, smiling as th...
Love In The Forests Of Becker
This week, I went in search of a romantic Valentine’s Day story for our readers. Little did I know, I’d come upon a rather sordid tale of love found in the backyards of Minnesota. As you all know, Sasquatche...
Letter To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: Now that Polar Vortex Jayden has moved on and we are headed for a brief warm up, we need our customers’ help. Postal carriers have suffered serious injuries related to slips, trips and falls due t...
County Farm Gal Blesses People
I recently had a chance to visit Arzella Lambert at Shepherd of Grace Senior Community in Becker. I had heard through a friend that Arzella was hoping someone would play a few songs on her piano in her apartme...
How Could We Say No?
We are back to being a four-cat family. With our oldest, Abby being 15 years old, Baxter being 14 and Daisy being 12, it was presumed by Terri and I that we had maybe three-to-five years left of our trio of ...
Letter To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: As we the people of the United States of America are a self governing body it is a real tragedy and just plain sinful that all of the elected people in government are getting paid while not doing ...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR: Your front page article in the Jan. 12 issue, Security is a top priority at area schools, especially caught my eye in light of the security situation at our borders. Maybe all of those you ...
Miracles Can Happen
People seem to use the word “miracle” a lot these days to describe something that goes against all odds. There are miracle drugs, miracle recoveries, miracle inventions and once in awhile, miracle sports com...
National Law Enforcement Appreciation
Last week was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.), a day marked for people to show support of and thank those who have chosen to put their lives on the line every day for their communities. ...
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