To the editor: In my search for the meaning of life I began to identify as a borderline atheist but thanks to the edicts handed down by Donald Trump and his toadies in the current administration I now see the major pitfall of atheism. That is: If there is no heaven or hell, how or when will ...
The season for big fish has arrived. Whether it’s huge prespawn crappies on a Minnesota backwater, or those walleyes and pike making their migratory runs up a river in North Dakota or the channels of Devils Lake, spring presents the best chance to catch the fish of a lifetime. It also ...
I think we would all agree there’s a story attached to everyone and everything. The question is are we interested in learning the story? That opens up a whole new can of worms, and one should always be ready for anything. While shopping at a local wine store, there was a salesman in the ...
No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly no snow and temperatures that were generally agreed to be “not too bad.” We didn’t receive any snow during our state high school basketball tournaments. These events are ...
In an interview with Independent Editor Mike Lamb, longtime Wabasso Lions Club member Dean Fischer says he lives by many mottos. There is one, however, that fits his mission in life really well. According to Fischer, the motto is posted in the Lion Bar inside the Wabasso Community Center. It ...
Marshall’s rapidly increasing growth in the 1930s and 1940s indicated for some time that additional school building facilities were needed. This along with the low interest rates prevailing at that time prompted the Marshall School Board in 1946, under the administration of Paul Wilson, to ...