A recent daily newspaper carried a survey of student and teachers’ thinking about First Amendment rights - you know - those things we’ve been guaranteed since our Constitution was passed over 240 years ago. T...
As one of the candidates for city council I felt it was important for me to address last weeks editorial from Mr. Raygor. The police department from my perspective has been very professional and helpful to me an...
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I recently learned that one of the new candidates for Becker City Council may be suggesting we consider the elimination of the Becker Police Dept. Some may recall that in 2004 there was a previous attempt by ou...
As I had mentioned in last month’s column, I’ve transitioned to making the decision to not participate in next year’s Minnesota State Fair. And as I said in that writing, I was nervous to tell my family members ...
Summer is officially over. I’m having a hard time accepting it. As a Minnesotan, I pack way too much in to our 12 weeks of summer. If winter weren’t coming right on the heels of fall, it would be my favorite sea...
While it is impossible to truly predict the future, some impending aspects are staring us rather rudely in the face. With the advent of September, some tried and true signs of what is to come are manifesting t...
Curt died last week after battling cancer and a number of other conditions which made his last few years hard. But, his spirit continues to shine - and that’s why I’m writing about a cousin from Delano. For C...
The 2014 Minnesota State Fair has come and gone and I survived the 12-day marathon once again. Barely. As I stated in last month’s column, I had been seriously considering making this year my last as a caricatur...
I just returned home from a long weekend in Dallas, TX. While ranches are quite common in Texas, they are not that prevalent in central Minnesota. Tom Barthel and his wife Gail Wilkinson own and operate Snake Ri...
