opinion

On Wednesday, the United States Postmaster General announced that the Postal Service will cease Saturday home mail delivery Aug. 1, saving the postal service $2 billion annually. I was at...

This week has been a busy one filled with committee hearings, floor session, constituent meetings, planning town hall meetings and the Governor’s State of the State Address. Governor's State of...

MORRIS -- On Wednesday, the United States Postmaster General announced that the Postal Service will cease Saturday home mail delivery Aug. 1, saving the postal service $2 billion annually. I...

The Super Bowl rendered the usually crowded freeways of Phoenix, Ariz. as quiet as I-29 during a blizzard. Even Christmas can't command such a complete shutdown of the American automobile...

Given the recent tragedies across the country and here in Minnesota, there has been a lot of discussion about how best to keep our kids and families safe while protecting...

I am writing in response to the many letters to the editor and the article written by Blaine Hill. I realize that we are supposed to shop locally but when...

Speaking of bad habits We all have them. Some of us may have a bunch of them while others just a few. You may not even be aware of them...

This past week the Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchange) bill continued to be heard in a variety of Senate Committees. It was passed out of the Commerce Committee after two hearings...

As a former sheriff and current state senator, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the United States. I take this oath seriously. Unfortunately,...

As he approached his seventieth year, the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright endured a bout of pneumonia during a Wisconsin winter. "You could add twenty years to his life," his...

On behalf of Morris Area Women of Today, I would like to thank the Morris merchants Shopko and Town and Country for hosting the 2012 “Wish Tree.” The program through...

I am deeply disturbed over the news of a 48-month sentence being handed out in the recent case of a drunk driver killing a 5-month old baby in rural Starbuck...

In the last several weeks the topic of a so-called "assault weapons" ban has been discussed at every kitchen table, as well as in every office of every elected official...