Time has not been kind to the old girl. New wrinkles and sags have appeared; last year’s derecho seems to have been especially tough on her. I’m not talking about my wife. What I’m describing is our venerable 1949 John Deere “A” tractor. My dear spouse has weathered things much ...

Well an anti-cop politician has gotten a taste of life on the not-so-nice side of town. Shivanthi Sathanandan, the second vice chairwoman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, was the victim of an attempted carjacking outside her home in front of her terrified children aged four and ...

Anxiety, depression and other behavioral health conditions are serious. They require our attention as much as cancer, diabetes or a serious injury. It’s easy for us to pretend it’s not happening, but ignoring mental health conditions is not an option, because they have a potential ...

The cost of prescription drugs has been too high for too long, and it’s hurt Americans’ health and bank accounts. Medicines don’t work if people can’t afford them. For far too many people, high drug prices can force difficult choices like whether to ration meds or food or not pay the ...

One of the most quiet times of the year in Marshall occurs on the weekend of Labor Day. Everyone is at the lake or out at a campground. Everyone who’s not is in Tracy for Box Car Days. With last weekend’s heat wave, the very few who had nothing else to do were sheltering indoors with air ...

We have been witnessing some major changes in our neighborhood lately. You might even say that they are historical if you count something that happened seven decades ago as historical. These earth-shattering changes have to do with holes being bored into the earth and the placement of ...