In today’s chaotic world, it seems we could all use a few words of wisdom. I recently came across an article about Charlie Chaplin. One of his comments referred to the six best doctors in the world. I found those words of wisdom to be timely and upbeat. While pondering them, I, of course, ...
During a recent trip to a favorite slump-buster of a panfish lake, I was reminded that sometimes a few extra moments pay off with bites from fish and sometimes schools of them that settle in once the din of drilling holes over a chosen area dies off. It’s that never-give-up attitude that can ...
Heart disease has been the number 1 killer in America for a century. Nearly half of all people have some type of cardiovascular disease, yet 38% don’t even realize they have it, according to the American Heart Association. That makes American Heart Month each February an important time of ...
One of the first things my wife and I did when we moved into our farmhouse more than four decades ago was dig a well. Our house, which was built by my grandparents in the early 1960s, drew its water from a cistern. This was good and bad. It was good because the cistern was supplied by ...
Question: What allows private for-profit ambulance companies to run tax-exempt license plates on their vehicles? Answer: Vehicles owned by ambulance services specifically intended for emergency response or providing ambulance services are exempt under the Minnesota State statutes. All ...
Karl John Porisch was born in 1945 in Jackson, Minnesota, the first of four boys born to Imogene Ruth (Richmond) Porisch and Adolphe Henry (A.H.) Porisch. Karl’s brothers are Paul, five years junior to Karl; Mark, who is seven years younger; and Lee, who is 10 years younger. The Porisches ...