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Local Columns

On the Porch

Florence was founded in 1888 on the northwest quarter of section 20 in Shelburne Township. When the Willmar and Sioux Falls Railroad (branch of the Great Northern) came through the area, it was announced that the station would be named Florence. It was named after the daughter of the founder, ...

Treating trees that have EAB

As a master gardener, I and the group of master gardeners who are in Lyon County, are here to help the public with questions about your gardens, your trees and shrubs or other questions you may have regarding gardening in a general sense. As we turn the page and move into spring, one of the ...

The Vietnam War – Mike Lamfers – back to the DMZ

We have been learning about Mike Lamfers, who grew up on a farm east of Amiret and served with the Marines in Vietnam. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from Tracy High School in 1965. Mike completed his Marine Corps training and deployed to Vietnam in October 1966 as a ground ...

Racing through the Dairy Expo

A dairy expo is the type of event where you can walk around all day and never go hungry thanks to all the free cheese and ice cream that are available. It’s a dairy aficionado’s dream. The Central Plains Dairy Expo is an event where one can view all of the latest and greatest advancements ...

The absurd four-day workweek

Karl Marx would be proud. Bernie Sanders has proposed taking another step toward the philosopher’s envisioned utopia by proposing to mandate a four-day workweek. Marx wrote how in communist society, workers would be liberated to “hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, raise cattle ...