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THUMBS DOWN Daylight savings still a thing This Sunday at 2 a.m. daylight saving time goes into effect and clocks will fall back to 1 a.m. This means everyone gets an extra hour this Sunday. While it is great to get another hour back after losing one in the spring, it is still annoying to ...

Still striving for peace and freedom

Columns

I noticed this week that Marshall’s Adult Community Center sponsored a presentation about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. It involved a tense two weeks when the world came close to nuclear war. The missile crisis was a major event in a much longer situation known as the Cold War, which ...

I need my polka fix

Columns

I spend an ungodly amount of time in a tractor cab during the fall. Outside of sleeping, eating at odd intervals, and doing maintenance, my life is lived in a cab. The tractor radio is my steady companion. Every spring and fall, I spend a lot more time listening to the radio than Pam. The ...

NU Film Society to screen ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’

Columns

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Film Society will taken a closer looks at the works of director Steven Spielberg with a screening of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” The screening will begin 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 4 at the New Ulm Public Library. This is the first film in the film society’s ...

Shadows and Sleuths: Edgar Allan Poe’s Enduring Legacy

Columns

As October wanes and the veil between worlds feels thinner, it’s worth revisiting the man who gave American literature its first true detective — and its most haunting shadows. Edgar Allan Poe, often remembered for his tales of terror, also pioneered the detective story with “The ...

Republicans without backbones enabling Trump

Letters

To the editor: The last time I voted for a Republican candidate was 1988. I voted for Sen. David Durenbuger. This was when Republicans still had backbones and made sense. There is a phrase “coming down on the wrong side of history”. I do believe this phrase captures the current position ...