An interesting thing happened recently when I was eating out at a restaurant in Marshall, something that says a great deal about the value of face to face communication. A family composed of adults and teens walked in and was escorted to a table. As soon as they sat down, all of them pulled ...

As many others have expressed recently, I am extremely alarmed about the rapidly growing crisis with our long-term care facilities (nursing homes) in Minnesota, and it’s impact on our seniors and others in need of skilled nursing care. In southern Minnesota, it has become even more ...

I don’t watch much TV. May wife says I have the attention span of a gnat. That might be one reason. Another might be there are too many choices. I watched a lot of TV when I was a kid when we only got Channel 12. It was in black and white. I was a teenager before I found out New York City ...

We have been learning about Bruce Pochardt’s Vietnam service. After graduating from Lynd in 1966, he farmed until the military draft took him in 1968. He completed Army training with his friend and classmate, Francis Maeyaert. The two deployed to Vietnam in August 1968. Bruce described ...

This month marks the 60th anniversary of when the Marshall High School boys basketball team won the state championship. There is a special display in the school exhibit at the Lyon County Museum with items donated or loaned, including the original scorebook, warm up jackets, player’s trophy, ...

The great Hotdish/casserole debate. It is a Midwestern story as old as time. I grew up in a suburb north of the Twin Cities, and the only hotdish I knew of was tater-tot hotdish, and the only casserole was the tried-and-true holiday green bean casserole. So, imagine my surprise when I ...