My brother, Mark, delivered fresh fish to me last week, and I fried them up for a few meals. When I said I was going to freeze some, he suggested I not do that because fish always taste better when …
Local elections, at times, have among the lowest turnout of voters. Others, at times, bring out almost every voter in the area. The latter happened about a century ago in Freeport. “The …
The recent success of Holdingford wrestlers might well have pleased some of their ancestors of the 1920s. While there are stories and documentation of that era’s confrontations and views of …
Ray Mayers was around 14 or 15 years old when he and his older brother, Howard, got into a little tussle where Ray got his left knee banged up “pretty good.” For his sentence in the fight, Ray …
I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason. A prime example is the timing of Dad’s death. While we never expected him to die March 21, 2006, an event leading up to it was a blessing …
The value of labor is always debated. About a century ago, in the Avon area, there was a standard for paying children for work. In “Nestled Between Lakes and Wooded Hills,” Jeanette …
Of all the inventions and practices of people, reading just might be the best. Even now, I prefer finding a text version about how to solve a problem to finding it on YouTube. Maybe it’s a …
On back-to-back weekends, we travelled to towns better than a two-hour drive away. It wasn’t work-related. It wasn’t something we had to do. We just did it. We didn’t have the option to take a …
Currently in 2026, Minnesota is one of only two states in the U.S. that require a college degree (minimum of an associate degree) for initial entry-level police officers to be licensed. After …
“What has been your favorite story you have written?” Madison Ainali asked me during Career Day Feb. 11 at Melrose Area High School in Melrose. I admitted it was hard to choose one because …
By the 1920s, the automobile was here to stay. There is little doubt the vehicle increases the mobility of the nation, made proper roads not just a wish but necessity and clearly expanded how …
What will it take to make the change we want to see? Do we finally become desperate to the point we are willing to do something about it? Do we crowd churches on Sunday morning if that’s what we …