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No, they’re not all professionally paid, crazy activists in the streets

Meagan Quinn doesn’t consider herself to be a crazy, radical, leftie activist. The 32-year-old St. Paul resident and small business owner, said that wanting her most vulnerable neighbors to have access to food, an assurance of their human rights and an assumption their loved ones aren’t ...

Faith Briefs for Jan. 30

Night of Cornerstone Wednesday Night of Cornerstone will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cornerstone Church at 202 North Fourth Street. The Night of Cornerstone is an opportunity for adults and children and is on the first Wednesday of every month. Night of Cornerstone is a time for worship, ...

Buddy check! How are those you love doing?

Friends, when’s the last time you checked in on your loved ones? No, I mean really checked in! I’d forgotten the importance of this great big interwoven web of creation until this week when in one day(!) I had four people, from widely varying aspects of my life, ask me how I was ...

Faith Forum

Response to ‘Submitting to Authorities’ letter “Why should we submit to authorities?” Really?! It feels so wide of the mark to use the Bible to justify what is happening in our country and our state in this moment. I really don’t see how anyone can justify the actions taken by the ...

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Campus Notes for Jan. 31

BSU announces dean’s list Benjamin Prokop of Canby and Nathan Fenske of Cottonwood have earned dean’s list honors at Bemidji State University for the fall 2025 semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, BSU students must enroll in at least 12 credits and earn a grade-point average ...

Campus Notes for Jan. 20

UMN Crookston announces chancellor’s list The University of Minnesota Crookston announced students who were named to the fall 2025 chancellor’s list. To qualify for the chancellor’s list, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded (A-F) credits while attaining a 4.0 grade-point ...

Campus Notes for Dec. 20

Southeast Technical College announces graduation Area students graduated from Southeast Technical College, earning an AAS, diploma or certificate at the end of the fall 2025 semester. A commencement ceremony was held Dec. 12 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Area students ...

Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration

The Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Southwest Minnesota Small Business Development Center (SBDC) — funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration — are hosting a trio of engaging ...

Engagements, Weddings, Anniversaries | VIEW ALL

70 years together

IVANHOE — Elmer and Twila Koopman said it was a love of dancing that first helped bring them together. But in the more than 70 years since they first met, they’ve also run a dairy farm near Ivanhoe, raised a family and a lot more. “We’ve been very lucky,” Twila Koopman said. The ...

Goetzl, Peterson

Bryce Peterson and Serena Goetzl were married Dec. 1 on the Bear Lake Trailhead in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado. Officiating the double ring ceremony was an aunt of the groom, Pastor April Peterson of Yankton, S.D. After a honeymoon to Cabo San Lucas, the couple is ...

Kommer, Zahrbock

Morgan Kommer and Simon Zahrbock were married June 10, 2023, at The Pines in Davenport, N.D.  Rev. Robert L. Dahl and Rev. Jonathan L. Dahl officiated. The ceremony and reception were held at The Pines.  Parents of the couple are Hans and Shana Zahrbock of Marshall; and Toby and Michelle ...

Zoch, Warne

GRAND RAPIDS — Eric Warne and Alishia Zoch announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Lee and Nancy Warne of Grand Rapids, (formerly of Marshall) and Bearl and Ann Zoch of Remer. Warne is a Doctor of Chiropractic with Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital and Zoch is employed by ...