Economy Woes
What comes to mind when you think about the economy lately?High gas prices? Ballooning home interest rates? A painful tax bill?From the grocery store checkout to our retirement accounts, reminders of our sputter...
Editorials
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:I look forward to Xcel’s $20 million experiment in iron-air batteries which is going to be conducted at the Sherco site, but I would like to temper the hype as this “proof of concept” experiments m...
Keeping Kids Safe Online
Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report warning about the negative impacts of social media on children’s mental health, saying that it presents a profound risk of harm. The advisory also urged socia...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Drag Shows in Big Lake Is this what we want to be known for in Big Lake? Last Sunday, Lupulin staged yet another drag show. If this were 30+ yrs ago, I wouldn’t be so concerned but “drag”, is no ...
Out in the Open: The Least Bittern
I’ve been leading photo tours to capture stunning images of Common Loons (Gavia immer) for over 10 years now. Each time I take a group of photographers out it’s feels like a new and fun adventure. Each tour I fu...
The Heroes Who Wears Many Hats
“It’s a bird, it’s a plane, its Superman,” or to many, like me, it was dad.Dads do more than we realize or give credit for. I didn’t know this until I was older and had a family of my own and saw what dads do, l...
The Game has Changed
I’ve always been a big fan of baseball. Ever since I could throw a ball, I’ve followed teams and players in the Major Leagues.My favorite team was, and still is, the New York Mets. My earliest memory of that te...
Americans’ property rights
Many of you have probably read in the paper or seen on the nightly news stories about Geraldine Tyler, a 94-year-old grandmother from Minneapolis, who had her home equity stolen by Hennepin County. Last week, th...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:God made them male and female. (Genesis 1:27) Males have an X and a Y chromosome; females have two X chromosomes. That’s science. Yet “experts” claim differently, but they control money and medi...
Local charities, communities will feel impact
Last week marked the end of the 2023 MN Legislative session and there’s no shortage of controversy when it comes to the laws that were passed. Because I follow government very closely, I have many personal opini...
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