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09/04/2026
We Gott’a Get Out of This Place, If It’s The Last Thing We Ever Do
Memories of a welder in Vietnam, is a story that I started about twenty years ago. The problem now is, twenty years ago I was writing the story in my mind, recalling and enjoying the memories of a Seabee welder. This was about...
09/03/2026
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the people who died and the Minneapolis police officers involved in the Sept. 2 shooting in Minneapolis.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the suspected shooter as Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35....
09/03/2026
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Sons of Norway Snorre Lodge has received the District 1 Small Lodge Gold Merit Award for 2025, the organization’s highest level of recognition for small lodge achievement. District One is made up of the states of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma...
09/01/2026
Waterfowl season dates and youth reminders
Hunting season dates for ducks, mergansers, coots and moorhens are:
North zone - Saturday, Sept. 26 through Tuesday, Nov. 24;
Central zone - Saturday, Sept. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Nov. 29 (hunters need to know...
09/01/2026
September Is Emergency Preparedness Month: Build a Kit, Make a Plan, Get Prepared
September is Emergency Preparedness Month, a timely reminder that emergencies can happen anywhere and often with little warning. Severe weather, power outages, flooding, fires, hazardous material incidents, and...
08/31/2026
Combining Fun
This past weekend I purchased a combine. I was looking for an older machine to handle 20 or 30 acres on my little farm. I found a 510 Massey Diesel in good running condition. One of my jobs this week is to go get it. It brought back some fond memories of growing up on the farm west of...
08/31/2026
Hey Hon!”
Theology in the Trenches
Gentle the words were—not meant to be heard, but I overheard. The couple had just strapped their young child into the car seat when one leaned over to make a request from the other. “Hey hon, could you…”
Observing the same couple within the confines of a shop—a...
08/31/2026
Chickens have forever had a place in our hearts and on our tables. Why is that? Well … why not?
And so I’d like you to come with me back to the summer of 1970, ‘way up north of Fairbanks, Alaska, to what was once the thriving gold mining village of Chicken, Alaska. I was on my way, hitchhiking...
08/31/2026
8/29/2026
A warm and humid August evening greeted racers and fans alike for a great night of action at the Greenbush Race Park.
The class to hit the track first was the Agassiz Insurance WISSOTA Pure Stocks. Hunter Wescott and Mason Smith led the field to the green flag. Mason Smith would snag...
08/31/2026
“Track Championships”
It wasn’t the Track Championship race we were looking forward to but 8 Season Points Champions were crowned on Sunday August 30th at Bemidji Speedway.
Rains early in the day and the possible threat of thunderstorms later made for a difficult call to cancel...
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