To the editor: In November we have an opportunity to cast our vote for Nicollet County sheriff. Not many people you vote for can affect our lives on a daily basis, but your vote to re-elect Sheriff Dave Lange can be a positive way. Dave has had the opportunity to serve and protect us for ...

Is the pandemic over? President Biden finally dared to say it on Sunday, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health eminences are saying he’s wrong, but his comments recognize the reality of the disease at this stage and the ...

At a time when the American economy could use more people, restrictions on immigration continue to trap a lot of unused talent in low-productivity countries. To unleash it, the United States could simply let these immigrants in and let them work. They’d become a productive part of the system ...

Transitioning the nation away from gas-powered transportation comes with many facets that need to come together. Developing reliable electric vehicles and batteries and then getting to a point where their price tag comes down is the first step. But the key to widespread acceptance and use of ...

Around Vermont this summer, folks have been remarking about what a warm summer it has been. “It’s like the summers I remember growing up,” someone remarked recently. Except, that might only be true if you were born (and had some keen awareness) over the last 15 years. We will find ...

Democracy is under attack across this nation. But there are some places where democracy still flourishes and nourishes the daily lives of Americans. One of those places is the New Ulm Public Schools District, where, during a recent update of the student handbook for the next school year, ...