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Local Columns

Three snows and other sayings

A co-worker once said to me after I had announced my first robin sighting of the spring that there would only be three more snow events to go. Puzzled, I inquired further, and she explained it was a saying her mother used to make after she saw her first robin of the season, and typically ...

Racing through the Dairy Expo

A dairy expo is the type of event where you can walk around all day and never go hungry thanks to all the free cheese and ice cream that are available. It’s a dairy aficionado’s dream. The Central Plains Dairy Expo is an event where one can view all of the latest and greatest advancements ...

The absurd four-day workweek

Karl Marx would be proud. Bernie Sanders has proposed taking another step toward the philosopher’s envisioned utopia by proposing to mandate a four-day workweek. Marx wrote how in communist society, workers would be liberated to “hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, raise cattle ...

What are we missing?

As I write this, it’s snowing. It may seem strange to say this, but I’ve missed snow this year. During a conversation with a new friend, we both agreed how much we enjoyed snow. Yes, it can be a pain in every part of our body. Yes, it can mean lots of work to clear it from needed roads, ...

City council decision making

As individuals, when it comes to making an important decision, we often do our own research either through the internet, printed material or we may also ask friends or family for their advice. With regard to a city council decision, sometimes it is hard for an individual to understand how a ...

Lost in the mail: How Postal Service is failing Minnesotans

My mom was born in 1932 and grew up outside Bourbon, Indiana, a tiny town in the northern part of the state. Everyone knew everyone, and everyone read the local paper, the Bourbon News-Mirror, which they fondly nicknamed “The Bourbon Blab.” Throughout her life, no matter where she lived, ...