They’re gone. The swallows have left the farm. It’s not quite as predictable as San Juan Capistrano, but it’s close. They were lining up on an overhead wire. taking turns dive bombing for bugs the night before. The next morning, they weren’t here. They left in the dark, beginning a ...
Absentee voting for the general election began on Friday, September 18, in Minnesota. Brown County will start sending out ballots to those who have already requested one, the week of October 5th. Mail ballot precincts will begin seeing their ballots beginning October 7th. Want to avoid ...
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has created a controversy about who will nominate her successor, and when. Four years ago, when Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly on Feb. 13, 2016, then President Barack Obama, who had nearly 10 months left in his term before the next ...
To the editor: September 22, 2020 is National Voter Registration Day, a non-partisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. First observed in 2012 and observed annually on the 4th Tuesday in September, this day has gained momentum so that nearly 3 million people have registered to vote on ...
To the editor: Two startling items arrived in our mail Saturday. One was a bit of campaign mail from the Republican Party of Minnesota. It claimed, “American workers can’t afford four more years of Joe Biden selling them out to China.” WHAAAAT??? Another bizarre attempt to drop the ...
To the editor: The votes of never-Trumpers, mail-in voter fraud, voters who rely on unprincipled news commentators as their source of information, far left socialist ideologues, and, yes, caring voters who are sincerely convinced they have America’s best interest in mind could make possible ...
The Notorious RBG, as some admirers referred to her, is gone. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday, at 87, of cancer. She was an icon to Americans with certain political positions — a scourge to others. Already, the battle over a successor has become heated, with ideology at ...
To the editor: I am writing to express my support for Andrea Boettger and her candidacy for City Council President. I have known Andrea for a few years through my work at Turner Hall. After getting to know her and how she works to get things done, I have no doubt she will make an excellent ...
Where is the best place to ride a motorcycle? (Asked at the Flying Dutchmen flat track races)
Nice to be wanted THUMBS UP: Minnesota, in most political maps, is deep in the heart of flyover country. In years past we have tended to vote for Democrats in presidential races, and our 10 electoral votes have not exactly been an electoral gamechanger. This year, howevr, Minnesota is a ...
To the editor: New Ulm lost a beloved son and the Heart of New Ulm Project lost a dedicated advocate in the passing of George Glotzbach on Sept. 15. He was one of the many champions for the project. He was always there to help advocate or persuade key city leaders of the need for positive ...
To the editor: The campus family at Martin Luther College read with great interest the article that was published in Friday’s Journal entitled, “Infection rates soar in college towns as students return.” In case our dear friends in the New Ulm community are curious, we at MLC are very ...
For 20-some years the giant kinetic sculpture “Playback” stood in the New Ulm Public Library. Designed by New Ulm native Helene Fesenmaier, who had moved to London to start a notable artistic career, Playback consisted of three tall, angled wooden and metal beams, topped with colorful ...
To the editor: We write to endorse the candidacy of Andrea Boettger for President of the New Ulm City Council. Having known Andrea both personally and professionally for many years, we believe that she will be an outstanding addition to the Council. Andrea has a proven business and ...
To the editor: To the person who in Wednesday’s paper called for us to “Respect each other and Rebuild Trust”.....you can’t do that by impugning unwarranted motives to the other side and assuming in advance, as the President is doing, that if he loses, he can claim the election ...
Our liberties rest only on the willingness of good men and women to charge into the fray of politics when they think change is needed in government. But merely getting into the battle is not enough. One must be willing to remain engaged. In that light, what happened last week in Georgia ...
To the editor: Sometime this coming week in the Twin Cities and other U.S. cities, an adult stranger will enter the room of a small child. The child will sense something is wrong as the adult begins to prod and make contact with some type of metal instrument. The child will try to move away, ...
Remember just a few months ago when some disease analysts who had been predicting COVID-19 would kill 200,000 Americans were being ridiculed by some people? For a time, it appeared the pandemic would claim fewer than 100,000 lives in our country. But on Sunday, the tally had topped 194,000. ...
To the editor: Are we willing to accept the outcome of an election if it goes against our viewpoint? Or do some feel the need to “help it along” by creating a cushion for themselves? Mail-in voting and not requiring voter ID is a way to produce that cushion for those who don’t want to ...
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts are unanimous that avoiding crowded public places is the best way to limit the spread of the disease and keep our communities healthy. While Minnesota remains under a state of peacetime emergency in response to the pandemic, Secretary ...