Farmers often have to defend their crops from pests. While these pests can range from microbes to insects to avians, imagine trying to prevent crop losses when the nuisance in question can tip the scales at 15,000 pounds, might be more than ten feet tall and is highly intelligent. This is a ...

It’s bicycle season in southwestern Minnesota, a time when people can ride around town or enjoy trails and local roads. I have many good memories of bicycling from when I grew up in Marshall. My first solo trips were from my parents’ house on Marguerite Avenue to the Legion Field swimming ...

Sextortion: threatening to distribute someone’s sexual images, videos, or information in order to receive something of monetary value. This is a word that is slowly becoming unavoidable when we open our social media or news articles. It is common for us to say, “Oh, that doesn’t happen ...

There really are authentic warriors who live and work around us. We take them for granted, rarely give them much thought, and may not even notice them until something happens. We depend on them, can’t live without them, but may not even know their names. They protect us, and thanks to them, ...

This is an e-mail I sent to the Mayor and City Council of Marshall, the Lyon County Commissioners and the EDA Director of Marshall, regarding the building of a Hampton Inn Hotel in the area of the Red Baron Arena: My wife and I have some serious questions about this “proposition” that has ...

Minnesota relies on the strength of our state’s rural communities and farmlands. As your Senator and as one of the leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee, it’s important to me to hear directly about the challenges you are facing. Every year I go to all 87 of Minnesota’s counties, and ...