VA Difficulties
Our office has received reports from veterans’ families throughout the Sixth District who have experienced delays in burying their deceased veterans due to bureaucratic delays at the Department of Veterans Affai...
Editorials
Pumpkins are a Worldwide Food
I would like to tell you about something so common and ubiquitous in our American culture that I am sure you don’t think about it as being very special. It is something that has been around for a long time and y...
Critical Election
Being that we are just 17 days away from a seriously critical election and this being my final chance to write a column before the big day — this is my take on what is at stake come Nov. 5.Now whoever your candi...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:No, No and No Big Lake School District! Imagine you buy a car from the local car dealer. You and the dealer sign a contract that says you will make payments for 10 years. After nine years the dea...
Thriving Together: Big Lake Schools Referendum Plan
As students settle into the first month of the new school year, Big Lake Schools is preparing for an important date; a district-wide referendum on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voters will decide on three questions that seek...
My Favorite Season
It’s my favorite time of year.Everything about the fall gets me in a good mood: the leaves on the trees changing color, the cool sweatshirt weather and the golden fields of corn and soybeans being harvested.It s...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Say YES to Owen and Keiderling. Two years ago, while campaigning for his current seat, Orrock Township Supervisor D, handed out literature stating “he is strongly committed to open and transparent ...
The Lewis’s Woodpecker
I’ve spent a lifetime and a full career of over 40 years writing about and taking photos of all sorts of wildlife, and birds in particular. So, it would be natural to think that I’ve seen all the birds or all th...
Constitutional Amendment
According to the Minnesota Secretary of State website, there will be one proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in Minnesota this year. Are you prepared to know which way you want to vote?In a very uno...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Walk the Walk, Vote Owen for Orrock. If he was alive today, my father would be turning 76-years-old. A Vietnam-era Army vet who was much older than my friends’ parents, Dad summed up words of wisdo...
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