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Opinion

No matter how many times

Local Columns

I am always continually amazed. What amazes me is this — no matter how many times I experience something, there’s always something in it that recaptures my attention. Perhaps it’s because one sees, hears or tastes something that was not seen, heard or tasted before within that same ...

The mask

Community Voices

Getting lined up for cancer treatment involves approximately as many people and resources as it took to build the Saturn V rocket. My initial day at the cancer center was a learning experience. Among the first things they requested was permission to take my photo. “Is that really ...

Energy independence will be easy

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: In his acceptance speech at the RNC, Donald Trump provided a stream of conscious description of the world as he wishes it was but not the world as it is. Repeating themes from his campaign rallies, he made up the story as he went along. Countries are not sending inmates to ...

Common-sense approach needed for child care rules

Editorials

Last April the Minnesota Department of Human Services released updated licensing standards for both child care providers and child care centers. The 97-page document includes updates to nearly every current statute. It includes specifics such as the number of certain types of toys each home ...

On the Porch

Local Columns

The Lyon County Museum is working on a temporary exhibit on music, school/local/community bands, and ballrooms/dance halls in Lyon County. The exhibit will run October 2024-May 2025, and it will be located in the conference room on the 2nd floor of the museum. We are looking for items, ...