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Opinion

New Year’s non-resolutions

Community Voices

It’s a new year and an unblemished calendar stretches out before us, sparkly and clean, like a freshly washed bed sheet that’s hanging on the clothesline moments before your dog snatches it and gallops through a mud puddle. This is the time of year when people often make resolutions. One ...

Expectations versus reality

Local Columns

How often does reality meet your expectations? As we enter the new year, I expect many of us have expectations for the coming months. I believe these desires may be either physical or mental. My mind was full of “what ifs” and “why nots.” I’m not going to reveal what those ...

A New Year-end experience

Local Columns

Late season hunts are always a favorite, and whether your upland season just closed, the waning days are upon you, or perhaps you’re looking southward for one last long weekend of hunting somewhere the opportunity remains open for a few more weeks, the time spent afield at pheasant ...

Ask a Trooper

Local Columns

Question: Can a parent with a revoked license still accompany a permit driver? Answer: No, they cannot. A permit holder may drive under the supervision of a parent, guardian or other licensed driver 21 or older occupying the seat beside them. • The permit holder must have the permit in ...

Recycling information

Local Columns

Minnesota as a whole has a very robust recycling program. Recycling provides 37,000 jobs in Minnesota, which are either directly or indirectly associated with recycling. Minnesota recycling programs take in around 200 million tons of recycling each year and more than 100 companies use these ...