Gilbert Nelson left Norway in 1864 and settled in Ettrick, Wisconsin. He then joined the Wisconsin Regulars and served in the Civil War. By 1881, Gilbert and his wife, Anna, had five sons and a daughter. Hoping to carve out a new life in Dakota Territory, the Nelsons loaded everything they ...
Thumbs Up Bavarian Blast is back Bavarian Blast is back in New Ulm. The entertainment began Thursday night and will continue through Sunday, which will include the Bavarian Blast Parade. This is the 20th year Bavarian Blast has been held in New Ulm. The festival has come a long way since it ...
An early period of World War II was known as "the phony war." What we may be witnessing now in the U.S.-Iran war is the end of a "phony peace." The nearly five-month-long conflict has featured a couple of sham ceasefires, each marked by supposed Iranian pledges to reopen the Strait of Hormuz ...
The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated and attributed to different people, but he appears to have ...
Brown County Public Health continues to provide space for dental services for people of all ages, from infants to adults, through Children’s Dental Services (CDS), thanks to a generous reinvestment grant from South Country Health Alliance. A dental team from CDS visits Brown County once a ...
After what we have experienced recently I assure you America will never again hire anyone who would serve as president into their 80s. No blame can go to the founders of our nation who did not feel that it was necessary to put an age limit on the presidency. And then we had the "Joe Biden and ...