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Letters

Maybe Sen. Klobuchar can convince Democrats to address nursing home crisis

To the Editor: Recently, Sen. Amy Klobuchar visited the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm and told reporters that she wants to do something to help nursing homes in this state. To that news, I have a simple response: thank you. More than 1.3 million Minnesotans are aged 65 or older, and ...

Great people in New Ulm

To the editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you to the person who returned my phone and wallet on Wednesday afternoon at the Dollar Tree. Apparently my wallet with my cell phone fell out of my car, an angel found it and turned it into the Dollar Tree Store. It is wonderful to know that there ...

$10 million to surrender a state park

To the editor: DNR officials certainly do appear dazed and confused when fielding questions about the proposed Upper Sioux Agency State Park transfer. These government employees expect taxpayers to spend over $10 million dollars so the DNR can demolish historic buildings dating to the 19th ...

Keep rural nursing homes open

To the editor: As many of you know, our long term care nursing home, Oak Hills, has been experiencing financial struggles for a while now, as have many outstate LTC facilities, for various reasons. My dad has needed to be at a skilled nursing home facility since June 2022 and we were happy he ...

On the proposed transfer of land to the Upper Sioux

To the editor: I see in the March 30, 2023 issue of the New Ulm Journal an article titled “Bills call for transferring ownership of State Park to Upper Sioux.” Before rushing to do that, one needs to first understand what took place there in 1862 during the US – Dakota War, and why it ...

Credit to the Creator

To the Editor: People say it took billions of years for our complex and massive universe to form. Visualize a crumpled-up piece of paper (or a bowl of primordial soup) in a spot where everyone on earth could observe it. No matter how much time goes by, there is not one person on earth who ...