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Opinion

School budget deficits a community-wide problem

Editorials

Just a couple weeks ago, in a meeting room filled with concerned parents, the New Ulm School Board made the decision to cut the school district’s budget by $1.98 million. The cuts included a combination of elimination and reductions of both school programs and staff. Officials said the ...

Staying on track when markets feel uncertain

Local Columns

Geopolitical developments, economic policy changes, inflation data, and interest rate shifts regularly influence the markets. While recent headlines may feel unsettling, market volatility is not unusual — and uncertainty has always been part of investing. What often matters most during these ...

So it’s been a few years….

Local Columns

It’s been more than six years since I’ve written a column. Let’s see if I remember how to write one. So let’s recap what has happened since then. We’ve been through a pandemic. I dealt with some tachycardia issues, fractured my fifth metatarsal in 2021, learned I had cataracts and ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

The following excerpt is from a bound book, “I Remember: Decade by Decade” by World War I veteran and one-time editor of the Marshall Messenger, Wilbur Peterson. Peterson was born in Marshall in 1898 and passed away in Nevada in 1988. Peterson also published his stories and letters from his ...

How do you feel about your better half?

Community Voices

When we meet, date, fall in love, and finally marry the person of our dreams, the relationship evolves over time. Feelings ebb and flow, and are modified over time by experience. Feelings are very personal emotional states that vary in intensity and have been known to overwhelm thinking, ...