As inflation drifts closer to a normal range by historical economic measures, investors are closely watching the Federal Reserve to gauge their future plans for lowering interest rates. The Fed — and its changes to monetary policy — has a direct impact on the markets and economy, which may ...

We have several events coming up this spring at the Lyon County Museum. All the events listed below are free will donation and open to the public. For any questions on the upcoming programs, please let us know at 507-537-6580. We hope to have great attendance at all of these spring events. ...

We’ve been following Karl Porisch, who graduated from Mankato State in 1968 and completed Marine Corps officer and helicopter flight training. The Marines assigned Karl to Okinawa, while his spouse and infant son stayed with her parents in Chicago. The Marines reassigned him to the 1st Marine ...

A simple definition of planning is thinking about what you have to do to accomplish your goal. It involves future thinking. Psychologists have tried to break down this type of thinking from a variety of perspectives. One view is that it is a process of formulating, evaluating, and selecting ...

What do you know about Head Start? Head Start is a federally funded program that emerged from President Lyndon B.Johnson’s War on Poverty in 1965. Head Start is a federally funded program providing comprehensive services to low-income pregnant women and families with children from birth to ...

One of the items I read this week from my anthologies was an excerpt from a Henry James essay titled “The American Scene.” James wrote the essay in 1907 when he returned to the United States after spending most of his adult life in Europe. The excerpt is a description of a boat trip along ...