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Confidence without oversharing

Dear Annie: Thank you for your strong and thoughtful letter about keeping relationship details private. I have noticed there seems to be a kind of unspoken “girl code” that makes some women feel it’s perfectly acceptable to ask personal questions about someone’s sex life -- as if ...

Bad News Bears next at bat in NUFS series

NEW ULM – It’s a whole new ball game with the New Ulm Film Society’s screening of “Bad News Bears.” The screening starts at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, at the New Ulm Public Library. “Bad News Bears” is a 1976 sports comedy that centers on a youth baseball team called the ...

Why do we do stupid things

Have you ever done something stupid? I have. And each time that happens, I vow to quit doing stupid things. So far, that hasn’t worked. The MX170 is our planter tractor in the spring. This time of year, it’s got the loader on. The loader tractor gets used for all sorts of tasks around ...

Sister-in-law strikes back

Dear Annie: I never thought that I would be writing a complaint to one of these columns, but here it goes. I married my husband 12 years ago, and I was excited because that meant (well, I thought) that I would be getting seven sisters. My husband is the only boy among seven girls. Well, his ...

The role of sexual consent

The role that the words yes and no play in sexual relationships is rarely given much thought, unless it is part of a police case or court proceeding. The main word here is consent. Situations involving non-consensual sex or sexual harassment should be a concern for everyone. Consent is ...

What’s the future of natural gas? 

We all expect the lights to turn on when we flip the switch. But today, many of us also expect to video call into a work meeting or check in with friends and family, cook dinner on electric stoves, and charge our cars, tools and devices. Electricity powers nearly every part of our lives, ...