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Opinion

Hints from Heloise: Greeting cards for military

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to what to do with the extra greeting cards you receive, please send them to Operation Gratitude, 9409 Owensmouth Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Operation Gratitude is an organization that sends packages to our deployed troops, veterans, first responders and more. The cards are included in the ...

Rain gauges, irises and asparagus: three certain symbols of spring

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Three things in my backyard that I value every spring are my rain gauge, my iris flowers and my asparagus. They’re all classic parts of spring in much of the Upper Midwest. I look forward to all three during our long Minnesota winters. I like rain gauges because they’re simple and ...

Farewell, Sleepy Eye!

Letters

To the editor: The 2023 session of the Minnesota Legislature has done many wonderful things, but one decision it has made is more far-reaching than it contemplated. It has used its vast powers to keep ISD 84 students from cheering for the Sleepy Eye Indians. Under the new broadly-worded ...

Setting free sibling drama

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Dear Annie: My one sister and I took care of our parents for the last 20 years due to their poor health and dementia. We have another sister who always made promises to our parents to stop by and take them out to eat or make them some of their favorite food, but they hardly ever did ...

Using checks

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Heloise: Indeed, check washing is a real problem. It occurred in our area after postal carriers were robbed of the keys they use to access the drop boxes. It was reported that almost all the drop boxes use the same lock. There are other issues also, both fiscal and administrative, that are ...

House can’t fit the whole fam

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Dear Annie: My oldest son is 43. He lives in another state. He has a girlfriend that he lives with. They are serious but not married, but they do plan to get married. The girlfriend has four children, ages 22, 21, 14 and 12. My son wants to come visit. He has two kids. One is 18 years old ...