Archery is a sport, practice, or skill involving using a bow to shoot arrows, of which some of us may be familiar and others are not. The word archery is derived from the...

That was the message Aimee Gourlay from the Minnesota League of Cities conveyed to the City Council about the community’s rally to support the library and its importance to...

Along with March Madness comes March Betting Madness — with $3.1 billion in bets expected to be placed during the tournaments. And while many Minnesotans can gamble without...

Constituents from across Congressional District 7, are standing in solidarity to demand accountability from their elected representative, Michelle Fischbach. As public...

Hey Dad, can you take us to the park? Does anyone want to go camping this weekend at the park? What a beautiful park!  It is so much fun to go to...

The following article was written without research—only my 60+ year-old memory. If any reader has a contradiction or a fact to add, you can text or call me at...

Whether on snowy and icy Minnesota roadways or in the water softener in your home, salt use is common in daily life. Two University of Minnesota experts are available to...

Let’s be blunt here. He isn’t exactly the coolest guy in Otter Tail County, Wayne Stein.  What do you expect? ... He’s a county auditor, for...

Nightwatch, Emergency, Blue Bloods, NCIS, NYPD Blue, Third Watch, Dragnet... We remember these thrilling and “sit at the edge of your seat” television programs and many...

When you buy a car, you sign a contract. The same goes for your mortgage, cell phone plan, and car insurance. You receive a service or good in exchange for a promise of...

Many of us have had measles, a fever, and a rash for a few days. But most of us haven’t because vaccines became widely available in the late 60s. In medical school, in the...

Eighteen American Legion Family members from Minnesota traveled to Washington, D.C., this week and heard directly from VA Secretary Doug Collins. He spoke with Legionnaires...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Read All About It!!Most of us can remember years gone by of reading our favorite newspaper and then noticing that the printer’s...

It seems like we’re living in a topsy-turvy world where up is down and down is up, like an episode from “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” or “The Twilight Zone”-- like the earth...

Physicians depend on real-time, accurate information about current health threats. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is the foundation of our national health defense...