To the editor: The 9-13-2024 “What’s wrong with American schools?” by Laura Hollis, rightly implies that “Declining academic performance, shrinking numbers of Americans qualified to enter technical fields, violence and truancy” problems need to be fixed. But it doesn’t mention the ...
To the editor: The COVID pandemic tested Donald Trump’s leadership. He failed. He mocked masking and social distancing. He suggested ingesting bleach and inappropriate medicines as COVID treatments. Scientific American reported that during Trump’s term, “COVID-19 mortality in the U.S. ...
I’m always impressed by people’s artistic abilities. It’s awesome for me to view the art work of others because I do not possess that creative gene in my DNA. At a recent local fall art festival, it was inspiring to view the paintings, clay work, woodwork, metal and stone wares and ...
With pheasant season underway, more and more great opportunities for these birds are opening up as agricultural fields come down. As harvest rolls along, birds begin to pile into hiding places from the grasses of early autumn to heavier cover like sloughs and stands of brush as things get ...
We have begun learning about Minneota’s Royal Hettling, who was born in 1951 and grew up with four siblings on the family farm north of Minneota. Royal began attending Minneota Public Schools once he reached school age. He explained their school bus route. “Usually we’d be at the end. ...
Irwin Alfred Stellmacher was born May 1, 1896, in Renville to Henry and Louise Yunker Stellmacher. In 1906, he moved with his parents to Marshall where he finished school. In 1917, he went to the Rahe Automobile Training School in Kansas City and received his diploma on June 15, 1917. On April ...