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Letters to the Editor

Trump cuts morally wrong

Dear editor: I am writing as a concerned citizen to speak against the budget proposals in Congress. First off, its morally wrong to cut things like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, housing etc. Cuts to Medicaid will have a negative impact on our rural hospitals. I would hate to see any ...

Stop stealing from the old, sick and giving it to rich

To the editor: My sister’s father-in-law suffers from MS and dementia. He was in a private pay facility for two years until family finances were exhausted. After that, he became a Medicaid recipient in North Dakota. Last Friday, the nursing home contacted my sister saying that Medicaid is ...

Writer questions Garvin power plant

To the editor: Having read the 4-24-2025 ‘Xcel meeting offers closer looks at planned Garvin power plant’, here are some questions I would have liked to ask Xcel: 1. What is the estimated cost of the 420 megawatt gas turbine fired power plant and its substation? And what percentage of ...

Witnessed benefits of vaccinations

To the editor: I’m concerned about the reluctance to receive scheduled vaccines. I have practiced medicine for 54 years and have witnessed many serious diseases that current vaccines prevent. In my early years (1976-1995), spinal meningitis was a familiar and deadly illness in Marshall, MN. ...

Clean up after your pet; don’t let them run loose

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 ...

Funding government with tariffs ridiculous idea

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. ...