Newspapers and reporters have had a rough few years, as they’ve been lumped in with those in newsertainment who led too many to become distrustful of the community-focused work our journalists practice each day. For the men and women working in our state’s weekly and daily newspaper ...
I’m a fan of end-of-the-world movies, particularly those incorporating the zombie genre into their plot. There’s something that piques my interest in those scenarios where nothing is left but a handful of hardy survivors taking on what remains of a hardened and structureless society of ...
One of my long-term goals has been to organize my metaphorical chaos drawer. I have never wanted to be a super-organizer such as Martha Stewart. I would be happy to just have a bit more order to smooth out the ragged edges of life’s disarray. Some of this disorder isn’t my fault. When ...
To the Editor: I’m extremely excited to be sending a letter to the editor about something I really care about, and that is the United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN). My wife Shana and I moved to Marshall in 1994 and raised two great kids Sadie Zahrbock Schaeffer and Simon Zahrbock, ...
WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) 7 full-time staff and a handful of volunteers provided 553 individuals living in or around Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and Yellow Medicine Counties experiencing domestic violence and/or trafficking with 19,475 free and confidential services during July ...
We’ve been learning about Pam Swennes and her service in Vietnam as an Army Nurse. Pam graduated with the Marshall High School class of 1963 and completed nursing school in Denver, Colorado. After passing her Minnesota licensing boards, she reported to the Army Nurse Corps Officer Basic ...