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Opinion

Give thanks for the food on community tables

Editorials

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year compared to the last two years, according to the Minnesota Farm Bureau. The bureau’s shared its Thanksgiving meal survey in a Monday release. “The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot ...

What you put in your cart matters

Local Columns

I have this Post-It note on my desk with a single sentence on it. It says, “What you put in your cart matters!” While, this note in my world primarily reflects on mainly recycling, it to some degree reflects as a reminder about a few waste (trash) disposal choices too. As the season ...

Giving and getting

Local Columns

Would you rather give or receive? During this time of the year, we are really focused on the aspect of giving thanks. Well, it is Thanksgiving time, so to think about being thankful is only proper. I expect each of us has a heartwarming story about being thankful for a person, a place, an ...

Swamp things

Local Columns

As we set foot into the stretch of private land the welcoming owner offered up to us on the abnormally warm November afternoon — nearly 60 degrees as we started our trek with two hours before sunset — it wasn’t long until I could hear the squish-squash of each of my lab Ole’s steps in ...

Chicago brings back romance

Community Voices

My wife and I couldn’t go to Chicago, so Chicago came to us. I’m talking about the iconic rock band, not the city. In this case “iconic” can be interpreted as “old enough to involve carbon dating.” The band Chicago Transit Authority was formed in 1967, the year I turned 10. That ...

Final Harvest shows that violent crimes should be remembered

Community Voices

This fall I became reacquainted with the most famous murder case in local history, the 1983 murders of two Ruthton bankers. I reread the book Final Harvest by Andrew Malcolm. I wanted to read it again after 40 years because of how I remember hearing about events as they transpired. Final ...