Spring is garage sale season throughout the region, and in Marshall it gets off to a fast start. Our city-wide garage sale weekend takes place in early May and always offers something for everyone. It’s a great opportunity to get out and find some bargains. I never make it to every sale ...
I wrote once when I was young, that farmers had about 40 seasons to ply their trade. When I wrote that, 40 years seemed an unimaginably long time. Here I am, past that number, still putting in a crop. You could say I’m in extra innings. Each planting season is highly anticipated, stressed ...
I find women to generally be nurturing, caring, and kind. Mothers go well beyond that. Mothers are selfless, anticipate other people’s wants and needs, nurture, are supportive, protective, show empathy, care for, and guide their children. They are the glue that binds the family. Since ...
Remember the days when we recycled plastic items, we always looked for the triangle with the number inside the triangle? We no longer go by those numbers and instead ask ourselves a simple question to understand if something that is plastic is recyclable in our recycling carts or community ...
Recently I began to look at my personal journal from Sept. 8, 1980, to May 18, 1981, when I was 37 years old. First I found a photo of Loretta Lynn at a concert we went to in 1980. It was between the front cover and the first page. Next, there’s a table of contents I wrote for the journal. ...
Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent from presidents of Minnesota State’s 30 colleges and universities, including Kumara Jayasuriya at Southwest Minnesota State University, to U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad We are writing to highlight concerns we have with the U.S. House Committee on ...