SMSU FOOTBALL: Key third quarter propels UMary past SMSU, 45-23
SMSU VOLLEYBALL: SMSU caps off weekend with sweep of Minnesota Crookston
CROOKSTON – The Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs volleyball team ended their weekend with authority, defeating Minnesota Crookston 25-13, ...
Flu season upon us, time for vaccination
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, some people have been thinking that the coronavirus is just another kind of flu virus. The fact is that COVID-19 may have similar ...
Booster debate doesn’t change benefits of vaccine
To boost, or not to boost, that is the question being weighed by health experts and advisors in the FDA. There are differences of opinion in the ...
Acknowledge police officers
To the editor: Thank A Police Officer Day is Saturday. Please join me in acknowledgement and thanks to the awe-inspiring men and women who continue to honor their ...
Libraries more important than ever
To the editor: The article in the Aug. 18 Independent about the county commissioners meeting regarding the local libraries’ budgets for 2022 ...
Languages: still the world’s all-time greatest invention
A friend of mine posted on social media in the past week about the widespread use of abbreviations and text language. The post noted that when history is written ...
On the Porch
Farm girl – Dorothy (Bossuyt) Swedzinski — life during the German Occupation of Belgium
Leading the way
Not a car, not a bike
Bill Schuna’s balancing act with conserving natural resources and demands of society
Elsie Ciesinski
CANBY — Memorial services for Elsie May Ciesinski, 105, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Canby. Burial will be in the St. Stephen’s ...
