Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:The March 18th Patriot reported on the Palmer Township Board suspending all rentals of the township hall. The discussion by the Board concerning issues with SHED Church doesn’t tell the whole story...
Editorials
Just Keep Scrolling
People can be mean online. There is such a temptation, when we don’t have to look our neighbors in the eye, to be rather viscous with one another. It seems that no one can post in the local community forums on s...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:A parent’s right to have control of their child’s education has become an important issue confronting school boards in the past year. A recent Letter to the Editor told of a mother in Little Falls ...
Honoring Amazing Locals
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Rep. Tom Emmer.)Last week, we had a short break from votes in Washington, D.C. which gave us the welcome opportunity to head back to the Sixth Congressional ...
Controversial Gun Bills
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Rep. Paul Novotny.)House Democrats decided to bury two controversial gun control bills inside their 312-page public safety omnibus bill.It is incredibly disa...
A Shining Example
A few weeks ago, my family and I had to say our final goodbyes to my older sister, Cheryl as she passed away unexpectantly on Feb. 28. She was 73.Cheryl had been enjoying her final day on earth spending time wit...
Fleecing Minnesota
Remember the “ Fleecing of America” series that ran for years on “NBC Nightly News” and exposed “alleged” waste of taxpayer money at the hands of government agencies and officials?A Minnesota re-boot could be in...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Governor Walz is saying we have lowered the number of unemployed and created more jobs. Now there are fewer people employed in Minnesota than before COVID. We need to make the Democrats tell the ...
The Black Skimmer
When it comes to birds, it is all about the bill. Ya, you know, the bill or beak. The bill of a bird is what really makes the birds unique. It was Darwin who noticed that the finches he saw on the Galapagos Isla...
Let the Melt Begin
As I sit at the computer to work on this column on a Tuesday morning, it is -3 degrees outside.Not very comfortable.But I know the temperature will gradually rise, so being outdoors will feel a lot better soon.I...
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