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Opinion

Ask a Trooper

Local Columns

Question: Who is responsible for making sure the roadway is cleaned up and free from spilled liquids, glass and other car parts from a crash?   Answer: I have noticed that responding agencies and tow companies usually work as a team to treat the injured, direct traffic, investigate the ...

Taking cheap shots at Gov. Walz

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I fear that the incivility and meanness that former President Trump, now President elect, brought to bear on this nation‘s political climate is contagious. Cal Ludeman‘s public forum letter vilifying our Minnesota Governor Walz by using belittlement and taking cheap shots ...

Cold times — warm memories

Local Columns

The temps they were falling, but the feelings were getting warmer. There were a number of happenings that were about to coincide. You know the feelings. It’s holiday season, and there always seems to be a bunch of differing celebrations. Some of them are unexpected and some of them you can ...

Christmastime is here

Community Voices

My wife and I recently took in our local parade of lights followed later that evening by watching a televised broadcast of “Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer.” This means that it is now officially Christmastime. We had fortunate weather for the parade, with light winds and temperatures in the ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

In the Dec. 7, 1917, edition of the News Messenger of Lyon County, a few letters from men serving in the armed forces were published. The letter below was written by A.L. “Louis” Robinson to the Red Cross Organization in Marshall: U.S.S. South Carolina, co N.Y.P.M, N.Y., N.Y. 9th ...