A symbol of my family’s history was severely damaged by a fire this spring. The building that housed Ivanhoe’s former Eagle Cafe caught fire in April in a midnight blaze. Fire departments from as far away as Marshall and Canby responded to the Ivanhoe Fire Department’s call for ...

Flooding has been a common occurrence in Marshall because of where the town is situated. On Father’s Day, June 16, 1957, five to eight inches, and in some places 10 inches, of rain fell in Marshall. The sudden heavy rains created a flash flood that inundated 88 percent of Marshall. This flood ...

Ann (Benson) Rudolph lives in Olivia, but began life in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in August 1942, the eldest of three children of Dorothy (Sutherland) Benson and Clarence Benson. Ann’s younger siblings, Clark and Dean, were born in 1947 and 1951. Ann’s parents met at St. Olaf ...

Question: I was just talking with someone the other day and they mentioned there is an age requirement for operating an “e-bike.” Can you get me more information on this? Answer: When it comes to E-bikes, a driver’s license or permit is not required. However, the minimum operator age is ...

Anyone who works in a helping profession will deal with success that often is followed by the person being helped sliding back into his or her old ways. The setback then needs to be addressed and dealt with. Their self-defeating behaviors have to stop if success is to be maintained When a ...

Have you noticed how often things really look nice? Did you take time to fully appreciate whatever it was that caught your attention? Many of us were very fortunate to grow up enveloped in the arms of a loving family. Unfortunately, not everyone has been so lucky, and those scars of the past ...