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Preserving the Integrity of the Legacy Amendment

In 2008, Minnesota's voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Constitutional Amendment also known as the Legacy Amendment. I was in the legislature and witnessed the debate as the...

opinion Thu, Nov 03, 2011 - 12:32pm

Talking it over - My longest night

This week when I started working on the Years Ago column I was surprised to see that it was fifteen years ago when my son lost his friends in a...

opinion Wed, Nov 02, 2011 - 2:05pm

Letters to the Editor: October 29, 2011

Bachmann statement saddens and upsets Recently on television I heard Michele Bachmann say that if she were elected President of the United States she would build a fence between Texas...

opinion / letters Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 5:00am

Talking it over - Not quite over it yet

I feel like I might jinx my health by writing about it again but wanted to take a few minutes to thank everyone who has been helping and thinking about...

opinion Thu, Oct 27, 2011 - 10:00am

Social Security remains vital for rural seniors

Even after breaking a hip that still has her laid up, 83-year-old Barbara Lovaasen of Vergas is irrepressibly cheerful. At the physical-therapy center where she spent 18 days following emergency...

opinion / editorials Sat, Oct 22, 2011 - 5:00am

Fixing No Child Left Behind

If we want a stronger economy tomorrow we need to give our kids a good education today. That was the idea behind No Child Left Behind: to ensure that every...

opinion / editorials Mon, Oct 17, 2011 - 4:17pm

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Come see how conservation practices that are interwoven in farm planning and practices can be good for the land, the farmer and the pheasants. On Saturday, Oct.

opinion / letters Thu, Oct 13, 2011 - 4:48am

Call it like it is: Property taxes are going up because of state cuts

It has been a hard pill to swallow, but Greater Minnesota cities have come to terms with the budgetary decision to cut over $600 million in property tax relief to...

opinion / editorials Sat, Oct 08, 2011 - 5:00am

Making Market Value Homestead Credit issues clearer

First I want to make clear that the Homestead Classifications are not going away. A classification means you are the owner of the property and have successfully applied to homestead...

opinion / editorials Sat, Oct 08, 2011 - 5:00am

Letters to the Editor: October 1, 2011

A second-class citizen in your own town? Like most people, we were frustrated last Friday when we found out about the gas leak that affected 3,600 residents in the Morris,...

opinion / letters Fri, Sep 30, 2011 - 4:18pm

Congress should not pass trade deals, at least not in Latin America

Editor's Note: This piece was written in response to a Letter to the Editor from the Stevens County Farm Bureau published last week, titled "Congress should pass trade deals." According...

local commentary / opinion Sat, Sep 24, 2011 - 5:00am

Letters to the Editor: September 24, 2011

Getting back to the farm We know why we like living in the rural area. It's because of the peace, the quiet and the people. On December 19, 2010 we...

opinion / letters Sat, Sep 24, 2011 - 5:00am

Letters to the Editor September 17, 2011

Cyclists need to learn rules of the road One of the nice things about Morris is that you can get anywhere you need to by bike - no pollution and...

opinion / letters Sat, Sep 17, 2011 - 12:31am

American Life in Poetry: Tonight

This week's column is by Ladan Osman, who is originally from Somalia but who now lives in Chicago. I like "Tonight" for the way it looks with clear eyes at...

opinion Mon, Sep 12, 2011 - 2:26pm

Down on the Farm: The Laborers

It isn't in fashion to celebrate the virtues of those who work hard for a wage, but at one time it apparently was. Otherwise, we wouldn't have celebrated Labor Day...

opinion Mon, Sep 12, 2011 - 2:25pm

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