It’s summertime and the living is easy. The weather is tropical, and the sweat is flowing like lemonade into a glassful of frosty ice cubes. The corn is actively pollinating as of this writing, untold millions of plants making whoopie right out in the open where anyone can see them. This ...
We have been learning about Ann (Benson) Rudolph, who graduated from St. Olaf College’s nursing program in 1964 and began a two-year Army service obligation with her Officer Basic Course and working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She married in July 1965 before ...
In 1938, Dr. A.W. Cowin opened the Cowin Hospital in the former William Gieske (Gieseke) house at the corner of Sixth and Lyon streets in Marshall. The William Gieske (Gieseke) home is on the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Cowin came to Marshall with 13 years of general medical ...
Last weekend the Marshall area experienced a deluge, a large amount of rain in a short time span. About 8 inches of rain fell late on Friday night. I slept right through it, didn’t even realize we had so much until I checked my rain gauge and noticed that it was filled past the six inch ...
All of us know things. Some things we saw, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. Our senses inform us every day. Other things we were told. By a parent, a teacher, a friend, or something we read. We can’t experience everything ourselves. So, we take understanding from human beings who came ...
I wonder if we fully realize the importance of numbers in our lives. When were you born? How old are you? How much money do you have in your bank account? How far is it to wherever? What time is it? I think you get the idea that numbers surround and guide us. A few days ago, I was asked to ...