You’ve got to watch out for the devil! I think that opening sentence calls for a sip of wine. Here’s a suggestion for you... Find a bottle of Louis M Martini Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, and notice the heft of the bottle. Look at the black glass, pop out the cork, smell the wine’s ...

A full 30 inches of snow drift lined the banks of the small creek just down the road from the cabin in drifts that clung to and overhung its edges. Under the heating sun of mid-morning, however, they had already begun to add to it from the white extensions dripping meltwater, making perfect ...

One of the things I look forward to most in the spring is summer arts, which are abundant in the Marshall area. I enjoy weekly Wednesday evening concerts at the Liberty Park bandshell. It’s always fun to be able to take out my lawn chair, walk two blocks to the park and hear great ...

Last Tuesday marked the end of legislative deadlines in which bills were required to make their way through the committee process. The Minnesota Legislature will now observe a short recess before returning to the Capitol on this coming Tuesday,. During the final months of the session, my ...

Depending on when you pick up the paper or turn on your preferred digital device, it will be, is, or was Easter Sunday. (There’s a sentence that wouldn’t have made sense twenty years ago.) Regardless, happy Easter! For those of us who wear the label “Christian,” Easter is at the ...

We have been learning about Bruce Pochardt’s Vietnam service. After graduating from Lynd in 1966, he farmed until drafted in 1968. He completed Army training with his friend and classmate, Francis Maeyaert. They deployed to Vietnam together in August 1968. Last week Bruce revisited his ...