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Opinion

Terms you need to know for 2025 open enrollment

Local Columns

Open enrollment season is just around the corner. For most, this is the only time of year when you have a chance to make changes to your employee benefits package, including your health insurance. (The exception is if you experience a qualifying event, including but not limited to marriage, ...

Focused (for now)

Local Columns

Between running some pre-season arrows through my bow, setting my sights on a lofted orange disc, and tossing a few flies and jigs for crappies, the past week has reminded me that the outdoors allows us to train our focus — or lack thereof — on so many different things, especially this time ...

It’s everywhere

Local Columns

It’s taken me this long to finally notice the obvious. Many writings have passed through my hands over the years. I’ve experienced numerous adventures, videos, films and other viewing pleasures that have tried to make me see, feel, and understand the same message. It’s kind of weird ...

Hot August night

Local Columns

It was a hot August night, and I found myself standing in a church pulpit for the first time. Danny Johnson of Webster, South Dakota, contacted me a year ago about speaking at a fundraiser for a nonprofit called the St. Pauli Foundation. I regretfully declined as I was undergoing ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

The social news or gossip columns in the old newspapers are always fascinating to read. A special section in the newspaper was devoted to the social media of the day. The whereabouts of local people and events were often featured in these columns. Here are a few from The News Messenger of Lyon ...