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THUMBS DOWN Car crash takes out print edition On Wednesday, a vehicle crashed into multiple vehicles outside the House of Print in Madelia before smashing into a nearby utility pole, causing a power outage. As a result, the House of Print was not able to operate its printing press for ...

Minnesota in center of the news universe

Columns

We spent time in southern California. I could write about walking along beaches, warm sunsets, and missing bitter cold back here. Perhaps I will. But today, I must join my voice to the resistance. What is happening to fellow human beings, sometimes for no offense other than having dark skin ...

Winter Olympics reflect the best in sports and a hope for peace

Columns

Nothing compares to the Olympics when it comes to promoting the best in sports competition and peaceful international relations. The Winter Olympics kicked off this week in the mountains of northern Italy. We’ll have two weeks of televised skiing, ice skating, sledding, hockey, curling and ...

Trump’s behavior is depressing

Letters

To the editor: Is this who we want as the leader of our country? Based on newspaper reports and national television news reports: • Instigates an insurrection of the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, because he didn’t like the election results. • Without evidence or facts, gutted numerous ...

Trump’s paramilitary force imposing state terror

Letters

To the editor: M. Gessen had an interesting article on the New York Times web page on Sunday, 1/25/26 in which the argument was presented that the Trump Administration has now arrived at state terror. The use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Control agents as a paramilitary ...