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Opinion

Celebrating entrepreneurial spirit

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: On SBDC Day (March 20) we, the Southwest Minnesota Small Business Development Center (SBDC), are excited to celebrated the significant contributions of SBDCs across the country, including our own. Led by Christine Fischer, our Regional Director, the Southwest Minnesota SBDC is ...

Vote on issues, not on the man

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: They must have pumped the master of disaster with steroids for the State of the Union speech. It’s incredible how he can look the American people in the face and tell lie after lie. The great uniter is all about power and control. Vote on the issues, not on the man this ...

‘Real’ Minnesota flag still available online

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: On March 12, there was a meeting at the Lyon Co Library to discuss the new design of the Minnesota State Flag. It is sort of ironic how fast the DFL dominated House and Senate was able to pass the less than popular flag design with the help of an unelected panel. Contrary ...

Do not give Trump second chance to destroy republic

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Please, please, please, I’m calling on all Republicans who want to keep our country from becoming a dictatorship to step up and call out Donald Trump for the tyrant that he is. Our civil liberty, as well as our political freedom, is at risk. Trump has betrayed the American ...

Ukraine, Taiwan, and American technology

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: As the stock market sets record highs, seven tech stocks account for 30% of the S&P 500 stock index. Americans own much of the technology sector, but we do not necessarily build it. Using designs invented in America, about 90% of the high-end semiconductors are made in ...

Weather prognostications

Community Voices

Farmers have a large number of sayings that are used to foretell the weather and other unpredictable phenomena such as their spouses. One aphorism that springs to mind is “Early Easter, early spring.” That maxim seems to be holding up this year. Clouds of snow geese were seen honking ...