Question: I drive truck for a living. Can you write about people that cut us off? These big rigs can’t stop on a dime. It’s frustrating because when they do that it can cause a wreck. Answer: Changing lanes and cutting in too close in front of another vehicle is always dangerous, but ...
This is an e-mail I sent to the Mayor and City Council of Marshall, the Lyon County Commissioners and the EDA Director of Marshall, regarding the building of a Hampton Inn Hotel in the area of the Red Baron Arena: My wife and I have some serious questions about this “proposition” that has ...
Minnesota relies on the strength of our state’s rural communities and farmlands. As your Senator and as one of the leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee, it’s important to me to hear directly about the challenges you are facing. Every year I go to all 87 of Minnesota’s counties, and ...
It’s been a while since I’ve experienced weather whiplash like last week. A hot post-spawn bite borne on unseasonably warm days and stable weather was crushed when things suddenly went from record high temperatures to record low temperatures, all within a span of about 48 hours. The fish, ...
I am about to attend one of the most stressful events anyone can imagine. That’s right: I will soon be going to my high school class reunion. Specifically, it’s the reunion that will mark 50 years since we graduated. Fifty years. How can that be? How is it that half a century has ...
To the editor: My sister’s father-in-law suffers from MS and dementia. He was in a private pay facility for two years until family finances were exhausted. After that, he became a Medicaid recipient in North Dakota. Last Friday, the nursing home contacted my sister saying that Medicaid is ...