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Opinion

Doc Hamann’s brush with baseball fame

Community Voices

Babe Ruth played in Sleepy Eye 100 years ago last October. Believe it or not, that wasn’t the most unlikely thing to happen in Brown County baseball in the fall of 1922. How about a local man pitching for New Ulm on a Sunday afternoon and days later pitching for the Cleveland Indians ...

The Vietnam War – entering the Army and flight training

Community Voices

We have been learning about Tracy’s Neil Ostgaard and his service in the Vietnam War. Neil graduated from Tracy High School in 1961. He attended St. John’s University in Collegeville where he was a member of the St. John’s men’s chorus. He also participated in St. John’s Army Reserve ...

On the Porch

Community Voices

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 ...

Springtime clean-up

Community Voices

We were tortured recently with a few days of outstandingly pleasant weather, summer-like temperatures in the middle of April, the type of conditions that cause people to forget where they left their jackets. Business was booming in the lost-and-found industry. Our outdoors strategy went from ...

Less is more for luremaking

Local Columns

I’m not a huge fan of the saying “less is more.” I mean, MORE is more, right? Raised in the go-go-Reaganaut 1980s capitalism environment that I was, Gordon Gecko and just about every other big screen role model said greed was good, faster was better, biggest was best and certainly more is ...

Is being bored good?

Local Columns

What do you think? Is being bored a good thing or a bad thing? For some reason, I’ve felt a bit bored this week so bear with me as I try to self analyze. I’ll need some Maui Blanc Pineapple wine to prepare me, so, hang on while I pour a glass of this mouth watering Hawaiian wine. ...