To the editor: This season reminds us of the power of community and compassion. Yet, with today’s economic challenges, more of our neighbors are struggling than ever before. Local programs are stretched to their limits trying to meet these growing needs. I grew up in Lake Benton and have ...

To the editor: We are on the verge of 20 million people losing their health care. My personal health care premium will increase 215%. It sounds like a lot, that is more than triple my premium this year, for the same policy. What is Michelle Fischbach doing about Minnesotans losing health ...

To the editor: In 2024 China imported about 26.81 million metric tons of soybeans from the US. So far, just before the October China — USA meeting, China purchased 5.93 metric million tons with a promise of 12 million metric tons. This is less than half of 2024. China has been quietly ...

To the editor: When President Trump labeled Somali immigrants “garbage,” he weaponized presidential power to diminish an entire community. As novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned in her TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story,” power lies not only in the ability to tell another ...

To the editor: That was the battle cry of the Democrats whenever a non-Democrat was “allegedly” accused of a misspeak, misstep or impropriety not so long ago. That’s all it took to cause a person accused of anti-Democrat policy to be removed from a committee, censured and/or be forced ...

To the editor: “Sedition” — (President Trump’s) newest tool against reasonability and accountability. (Trump) has recently pulled a rabbit out of his hat by insinuating that some members of Congress have committed “seditious” behavior by openly reminding members of the military ...