For this column, I often share social news or the gossip columns from the old newspapers. The social news is always fascinating to read and a lot can be learned of local people and events from the communities in Lyon County. For this article, I’m going to share the classifieds from one of the ...
Let it be known that I’m writing this column to honor my mother. She would like the style that will be used in this rendering, because I’m borrowing the advice from butterflies to honor her. Mom was a rural woman. She grew up on a farm, and lived her whole adult life on a farm with her ...
“What are you catching them on,” the mother across the pond hollered to me as my youngest boy Jackson landed a feisty stocked rainbow for my older son AJ. With a wave that I was on my way, and a scamper up the embankment of the small community water with my tacklebox in hand, I told the ...
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the “c” word came into my life. Sadly, the word in question wasn’t “cashback.” Hearing the phrase “poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma” regarding my tonsil was a bit of a shock. It required some research ...
In recent articles published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune (April 18) and the New Ulm Journal (April 27), Sleepy Eye Medical Center (SEMC) was named among approximately 32 hospitals in Minnesota facing financial headwinds. Despite these industry-wide pressures, SEMC remains financially ...
In 1956, the movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” hit the silver screen. Seed pods from outer space landed on Earth. If a pod were placed near a sleeping person, a visually identical copy of that person would be produced, and only the copy would be left. Each copy had the original ...