Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:“Critical Race Theory.” Three ordinary words, put together in a phrase. As Inigo Montoya said (sort of) “They keep using those words. I do not think they mean what they want us to think they mean.”...
Editorials
Lost and Found
At a business networking meeting, a member shared a snippet about the art of storytelling, for business owners to be able to effectively communicate who their company is, their mission, and how they came into ex...
Reflections on 9/11, 2 Decades Later
(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by the Rep. Shane Mekeland Team).The upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation is spurring much thought, from recollections of that...
Long-Tailed Weasels
Every now and then I get an opportunity to work with a species with which I don’t have much hands-on experience. These are often rare or endangered species or a species that is difficult to access and lives in a...
Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Rep. Tom Emmer.)Enbridge Line 3 is a thousand-mile pipeline that has connected oil fields in Canada with refineries throughout the Midwest since the 1960s. N...
“Great” get together was okay
A friend of mine and I attended the 2021 Great Minnesota Get Together last weekend and it was anything but great.First off, we arrived at around 1 p.m. to find several parking lots closed (I guess because they w...
Praying for our Servicemembers
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Congressman Tom Emmer.)We continue to mourn the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in last week’s suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghani...
Announcing Bond Referendum
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Big Lake Schools.)Dear Big Lake Schools Community,As you may have heard, Big Lake Schools will be holding an election on November 2 asking voters to approve ...
Deep and Easy September Crappies
All summer long big crappies can easily be caught along most deep weed edges or, even more so, suspended just outside these weed edges over deep water basins or bottom contact points. Common depth ranges are 12-...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Clearwater Twp. is experiencing friction that’s dividing residents and attempting to solve non-existent problems. First, the Huber Ave. project, initially discussed in 2016 and then multiple times ...
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