The State of the City is an annual Chamber event where city officials present information on various topics related to past and current projects within the city and by the community. Recently, Mayor Byrnes presented information on “State of the City Indicators” that support and help ...

In 2015, a graduating high school student gave an impactful commencement speech that succinctly illuminated to me what is wrong with today’s conversations. She stated that we all need to “listen for the sake of listening.” All too often, people listen only as a means to wait for an ...

I had never been to a Rotary Club meeting, so I didn’t know what to expect. What do Rotarians even do? Are they obsessed with switching around the tires on their cars? Do they track Earth’s spin on its axis? Mike Lamb, editor of the Marshall Independent newspaper, recently invited ...

One of the books I’m reading these days is The Medieval World written by German historian Friedrich Heer and published in 1961. After almost 65 years it is still one of the world’s very best overviews of medieval history. It covers all the major topics; economics, religion, agriculture, ...

Eighteen American Legion Family members from Minnesota traveled to Washington, D.C., this week and heard directly from VA Secretary Doug Collins. He spoke with Legionnaires from across this nation Monday at the Washington Hilton during the American Legion Washington Conference. He told us ...

Timing is everything – that’s a familiar quip we’ve all heard. And with colon cancer screening, timing is vital. While colorectal cancer leads to 52,000 deaths each year, it’s among the most treatable cancers when caught early. Colorectal cancer is common with more than 150,000 new ...