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Opinion

Congressional Republicans fail to protect the BWCA

Community Voices

Minnesota’s Republican members of Congress — Pete Stauber, Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach, and Tom Emmer — supported H.J. Res. 140, overturning protections for over 234,000 acres just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) in Minnesota, thereby opening the door to ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

The social news or gossip columns in the old newspapers are always fascinating to read. A special section in the newspaper was devoted to the social media of the day. The whereabouts of local people and events were often featured in these columns. Here are a few from The News Messenger of Lyon ...

May is National Stroke Awareness Month

Community Voices

When stroke happens, minutes matter. Similar to how a heart attack blocks blood flow to the heart, a stroke happens when a clot or broken blood vessel stops or limits blood flow to the brain – a brain attack. The American Heart Association reports that for every minute during an untreated ...

Camden’s candlelight hike

Local Columns

The Friends of Camden have been on my radar for quite a few years. I figured that since Ross and I have probably been on every trail the park has to offer, why not be part of an organization that supports different projects and events? So last year when I saw a Facebook post about the ...