Tax Conformity Bill
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Paige Pearsonof the Andrew Mathews team)The Senate today (Jan. 11) passed a tax conformity bill, bringing Minnesota in line with recent federal tax changes a...
Editorials
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Long-term Care is in crisis! Compassionate, caring staff are leaving in droves because they don’t make a livable wage. Some nursing staff feel forced to leave having to choose between picking up th...
Pray for Damar
When Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills collapsed on the field a couple Mondays ago and the announcers solemnly stated they were performing CPR on the young man — I honestly can say I thought I had witnessed his ...
The Magic is Gone
It’s mind-boggling to me how fast technology changes and how far it’s advanced. We see it everywhere in our daily lives and have become so immune we just expect it.Take movies. Growing up, the only way I could s...
House approves bill matching state tax code with fed
(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted to the Patriot by Chad Urdahl of Shane Mekeland’s team.)The Minnesota House on Monday overwhelmingly passed legislation allowing state taxpayers to take advant...
Winter Survivors
Winter weather has been in the news a lot lately. In particular, the amount of snow blanketing many parts of the northern states. Where I’m located in the upper Midwest, we have had over four feet of snow along ...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Open Forum Moved? At the first Sherburne Co. Commissioners meeting of the year one of their first acts, upon recommendation from Co. Adm. Bruce Messelt, was moving the Open Forum portion of the mee...
Money Tips for the New Year
Even thrifty people are pinching pennies today. I know money’s on a lot of readers’ minds this New Year’s. I thought I’d share some practices that I use in my real life to keep a healthy bank account. (And reade...
Traditions Helpful for Winter Survival
The cold temperature and snowy conditions have left plenty of Minnesotans thinking, “Uffda, how am I gonna make it through dis here winter?“In my opinion, there’s something magical about living in Minnesota and ...
Happy New Year!
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer’s team.)Friends and neighbors,As we ring in 2023, we celebrate the new year knowing it will bring its own challenges and perhaps exciting...
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