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Opinion

Think twice, look twice for summer safety

Community Voices

The long-awaited summertime is here. We hope you are getting plenty of chances to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures. Yet this wish comes with a word of caution. Because we’re often more active and out and about during the summer, we face the risk of seasonal injuries ...

Hospitals should continue to build strong community ties

Community Voices

Hospitals have been a major part of Minnesota’s statewide news in the past few weeks, as both large and small facilities adapt to changing times. The news about Hennepin County Medical Center and Sanford is a major development. There have also been articles about smaller facilities in ...

Making that connection with ‘silly’ videos

Community Voices

Maybe you have already seen them — that is if you follow Borch's on social media. The first video shows three young women wearing sunglasses performing some kind of dance routine in front a display of clothing inside the store. The woman in the middle has a leg wrapped around the legs of ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

America’s national pastime, baseball, originated before the Civil War, but grew in popularity during the war. In 1871, the first professional baseball league was formed, and by the beginning of the 20th century, most large cities in the eastern United States had a professional baseball team. ...

A Vesta boy – Dave Hansvick – Vesta summers

Local Columns

We have been learning about Marshall’s David Hansvick, the second of three children of Dottie (Penske) Hansvick and John Hansvick. Dave grew up in the small town of Vesta where summers opened new realms of activities for Dave and his friends. “In the summertime we were really busy. We ...

Trump has lost the plot on governance

Editorials

Republicans don’t want to say this publicly, but privately they do: President Trump’s personal political obsessions are hurting his Presidency, harming the chances for further policy gains the rest of this year, and putting control of the House and Senate in jeopardy. That’s the ...