I’ve been reading the book “Prairie Fires” by Caroline Fraser. I chose it for a couple of reasons. First was that it involves Laura Ingalls Wilder who, along with her family, lived at De Smet, South Dakota for many years. De Smet is about 40 miles west of our farm, so it feels like a ...
Mid-term elections are fast upon us. Mr. Trump says that we should pretend that his name is on the ballot. Okay then. I get to follow two Congressional races. Congressional District One is most of southern Minnesota and District Seven is most of western Minnesota. I am on the edge in CD7. CD1 begins at my line fence which borders two townships. There is a longtime Republican incumbent serving in each of those. I assume they would be happy with you pretending Mr. Trump was on the ballot when you see their names. Trump’s popularity has sunk to historic lows nationally. But support ...
I married a waitress, so it seemed appropriate to take her to see “Waitress: The Musical.” You know that a play is off-off-off Broadway when it’s being performed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Not that I’m complaining. Driving an hour to enjoy a Broadway show beats the heck out of ...
NEW ULM – Join the New Ulm Film Society on Skid Row for a screening of “Little Shop of Horrors.” The screening begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the New Ulm Public Library. This is the eighth film in the New Ulm Film’s Society’s (NUFS) musical film series and was chosen to represent musicals of the 1980s. Though “Little Shop of Horrors” was released in 1986, the film was heavily inspired by different eras. “Little Shop of Horrors” is actually a remake of a 1960 horror comedy made by low budget producer Roger Corman. Corman was famous for making low-budget genre ...
Alongside falling leaves of orange, red and yellow, pink is a familiar color during October, because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (aside from non-melanoma skin cancers), affecting one in eight women during their lifetime. Rarely, it can also affect men. We all know someone who has had breast cancer. And many women reading this today are breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer can be serious, yet it’s very treatable at its earliest stages. Thanks to advancements in therapies and technology, treatments are improving every day; ...
This is the third in our three-part series on the process of absentee/mail-in voting in Minnesota. This article will describe the ballot board in charge of reviewing absentee/mail-in ballots and the steps the ballot board takes to prepare absentee/mail-in vote ballots for counting. The first part of the series described the importance of Absentee/mail-in voting for voters who may not have access to the polls on election day and for voters who live in sparsely populated voting precincts. Part one also described the security measures of the ballot itself which is tracked to the ...
