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What is the value of land?
May 2, 2012 To the editor: How do you put a value on the land surrounding your community? We regularly hear from our neighbors, and see in the media, stories about the extremely high prices land is being sold... more »»
GOP agenda threatens education standards
April 28, 2012 To the editor: Democrats claim that Republicans are embracing “stupid” but apparently most Democrats don’t understand why. more »»
Legislators should vote for bonding bill
April 27, 2012 To the editor: As session is winding down we still have a full plate of legislation to pass on the House floor, including a bonding bill. more »»
Legislation will boost economy
April 26, 2012 To the editor: Thanks to Sen. more »»
Security deposits
April 21, 2012 To the editor: I recently became familiar with the issue of the legality of the return of a rented apartment security deposit. The Minnesota law relating to security deposits is set out in MS 504B. more »»
Sign defacing
April 20, 2012 To the editor: To the Islamic Society: I am sorry for what happened to your sign. This is not the way most of us think and I hope it will not happen again here. more »»
Behind museum move to old library building
April 20, 2012 To the editor: In an Independent article concerning the future use of the old library building, Museum Board president, Neil Ingebritsen, noted that Lyon County artifacts were first displayed in the... more »»
Thanks for ‘Brass in Blue’
April 18, 2012 To the editor: A big thank you to Russ Labat and the Independent for giving us a great evening of music by the Brass In Blue (United States Air Force Heartland of America Band. more »»
Students already faced with enough debt
April 18, 2012 To the editor: I am a student at Southwest Minnesota State University and serve as the president of the SMSU student government. more »»
Cancer prevention study
April 13, 2012 To the editor: What if we could personally participate in research that might help determine factors that cause or prevent cancer? What if our involvement, and that research, ultimately leads to the... more »»
Political polarity
March 31, 2012 To the editor: In my 69 years I have not seen such political polarity. Both major parties have drawn a line in the sand and made such solid statements that they don’t dare to back off of them. more »»
Editorial cartoon in ‘poor taste’
March 31, 2012 To the editor: The editorial cartoon that was run on Tuesday, March 27, was in very poor taste. more »»
The right to exploit
March 27, 2012 To the editor: The move to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November should be called the right to exploit. more »»
Need more balance on Opinion Page
March 27, 2012 To the editor: This newspaper does a good job of reporting local news straight up without a lot of deliberate bias, allowing all sides to be hear. more »»
‘A walk through Wabasso’
March 24, 2012 To the editor: The following thoughts came to me after noting the Rev. Todd Petersen’s explanation of the Sacrament of Marriage that appeared in last week’s Wabasso Standard. more »»
‘Pin-heads’ and ‘Patriots’
March 21, 2012 To the editor: Bill O’Reilly of the “O’Reilly Factor” has a segment on Fox news called “Pin-head or Patriot.” Using his analogy if I may? M. more »»
Falk explains reasoning behind his bill to dissolve Hendricks School District
March 17, 2012 To the editor: I am writing in regards to the situation with the Hendricks (ISD 402) and Ivanhoe (ISD 403) school districts. more »»
Voter ID: More harm than good
March 8, 2012 To the editor: I’m a self-advocate who opposes SF 1577, which the Minnesota Senate will soon debate to require all Minnesota voters to have a photo I. more »»
Life is a learning process
March 8, 2012 To the editor: I believe today’s major Issues are ones dealing with finances, and housing. I do not think that there is anyone who does not deal with such chaos on a day to day basis. more »»
Where the blame really should fall for rising gas prices
March 7, 2012 To the editor: Don’t blame President Obama for our gas prices. First of all a few decades ago the Alaskan pipeline was built. Then we went and sold a good share to other countries for higher prices. more »» |
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