The year is already rapidly coming to a close, making it peak season for assessing (and, in many cases, reassessing) contribution options related to retirement savings accounts. A major factor worth considering heading into the new year are changes to the SECURE 2.0 Act’s catch-up ...

Last Tuesday, Greg Gaut presented on his book, “The War at Home: Minnesota during the Great War, 1914-1920” at the Lyon County Museum. Much of his presentation was on the formation of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety and the Nonpartisan League. Below is an excerpt from the ...

We have been following Marland Burckhardt, a Russell High School graduate who served in the Army in Italy before returning to college, marrying his sweetheart, and graduating with an Army commission. Marland and Barb completed a year-long assignment in Germany before returning to the States ...

Friends, if you want to make a difference today -- right now! -- seek out the people in your community who feel unseen, unsafe and alone … and pour your heart into them. If you are a Jesus follower, empty yourself as Christ did, for the sake of their and your community’s ...

I recently had the chance to chat with nearly 400 lively 5th and 6th graders from southwest Minnesota about recycling. We jazzed things up with a Q&A game featuring the ever-popular Plinko — because who can resist those bouncing discs? Now, let’s see if our local folks can outsmart ...

While the first frost of the fall doesn’t necessarily signal the end of the openwater fishing season, it provides a hint of what’s to come and a signal that it’s time to start preparing for autumn’s hunting seasons. With the cold autumn rain that wiped out my Sunday hunting plans, I ...