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Each weekend in the summer, in hamlets big and small across the Land of 10,000 Lakes, citizens will gather to watch parades, fireworks and water wars. They will crowd onto...

Shop local. It's the rallying cry of the holiday shopping season. So what is it doing in the paper in May? The Morris Area Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Committee...

Let's say it all together, "Thank you and welcome home!" Ok, now say it 550 more times, once for each of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery...

Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen urged a standing room only gathering of his constituents to send "respectful phone calls and letters to the governor" regarding the potential disbarment of Riley Bros. from...

My sister-in-law can't stand to hear someone fold paper. She cringes and covers her ears. It's worse than fingernails on a chalkboard for her. My son has the same reaction...

I don't know about you, but I had a tremendously difficult time getting out of bed this past week. Perhaps it was the challenge of getting back to a routine...

Merry Christmas! We are just days away from the holiday and the tempo of everyday life is speeding up to the point where there is hardly time to think, much...

On a recent weekend filled with deliveries for the countless fund raisers our children have participated in, not to mention household chores, homework reminders and a headache I was trying...

There have been ads for Christmas shopping on TV since July. I ordered wrapping paper and wreaths from schoolchildren a month ago. The city crews put the lights on the...

This past Thursday and Friday, I spent a couple hours with some out-of-towners. The University of Minnesota, Morris was hosting Special Visit days to take advantage of the fall break...

Let me just start by saying, no, we are not used to our new production schedule for the Sun Tribune yet. Thanks for asking. And yes, I too wish that...

The couch by the front door at my house is buried under backpacks, kleenex boxes, notebooks and new shoes. Checks have been written for school lunches, assignment books and extracurricular...

Growing up in Park Rapids, I never had to look at a calendar to know when it was the Friday of the state's fishing opener. I just had to try...

For the past five years, whenever I have walked into the production room and sat down, the staff knew I was about to change the way we do something here...

The Ferris wheel, mini-donuts, flat iron sandwiches, log-rolling, cotton candy and barns full of likeable-looking livestock. Yep, I'm looking forward to the Stevens County Fair. And it couldn't come soon...