THUMBS DOWN Good shot to death by ICE agent The death of Renee Good is a tragedy. By now the video of ICE shooting Good in her car has been seen by millions world wide and for many this incident feels all too familiar to the 2020 death of George Floyd. The outrage and seeming lack of ...
To the editor: When Kristy Noem stepped off the airplane and gave her speech at the Minneapolis airport yesterday, she did not offer condolences or comfort regarding the fact that a person had just died. Instead, she initiated a scathing attack on the victim, portraying her as some kind of ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society will continue its Steven Spielberg director series with a screening of his top film in terms of financial success. Or maybe that should be tricera-Top film. The screening is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 at the New Ulm Public Library. Released in 1993 and ...
We spent a weekend in the Cities in December. Pam’s family was celebrating Christmas at her niece’s house. We found a VRBO in Bloomington where we stayed. It was an apartment we rented in a larger building with mostly permanent residents. We had two evenings and mornings to lounge ...
To the editor: This morning, Jan. 7, in Minneapolis, a woman driving an SUV was murdered by an ICE agent while trying to move her vehicle at the direction of another ICE agent. The shooter was off to the side of the woman’s vehicle and shot what appeared to be several shots. ICE has said ...
To the editor: I was watching the national news when a bulletin flashed across the screen reporting a violent riot in Washington, D.C. In horror and disbelief, I watched as a mob of President Trump’s loyalists attacked the U.S. Capitol and Congress. It was reported earlier that day that ...