To the editor: Why is your pet my responsibility? There are so many of us who share the same problem and the problem is your pets. Don’t get me wrong, I love animals. I just choose not to own them. There are many others who also choose not to keep pets for whatever reason may be. There are ...

To the editor: Steve Moore’s brief column in Friday’s edition of the Independent is absurdly inaccurate (boarding on out-right dishonesty). He starts out with the claim that “[Trump’s] tariffs could raise as much as $6 trillion over the next decade in federal tax collections. ...

To the editor: Last week I attended the funeral of my great nephew in the town of Marshall. As we left the church and had our funeral procession through town to the cemetery, our hearts were lifted in gratitude at all the cars who pulled off and stopped on the roadside while we passed by. ...

To the editor: This past September, I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s disease. It was a heart-wrenching experience that I know far too many families across Minnesota and the country are familiar with. Alzheimer’s is a relentless, degenerative disease that affects not only those who are ...

To the editor: Last Saturday our family was in a funeral motorcade on the way to bury our grandson, James Richard Stage, the son of Emily and Dallas Stage from Vista, who died 10 minutes after birth on 3-28-25. As the motorcade passed through the town of Marshall, it gave us some added peace ...

To the editor: At one point, a contestant on one of the many game shows was asked by the host, “At your house from which direction does the sun come up?” The lady replied, “At our house it comes up in the West?” Authorities have since located the woman declaring her the first Trump ...