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Opinion

What is the truth?

Columns

We live in a world where there may be 10 different versions or ways to describe or explain the same thing. I had never heard the name Fake News until recently. People have their opinions and preferences that they will voice as if it is the absolute truth. Advertisements may or may not be ...

More than just mom

Columns

Dear Annie: I am a 60-year-old divorced mom with three grown children in their 30s. I have spent most of my adult life putting my family first, especially after my marriage ended more than a decade ago. I raised my kids mostly on my own, worked full time and never really dated seriously again. ...

In praise of radishes

Columns

Of all the root crops known to humankind — and I’m including rutabagas and cattail rhizomes here — my favorite is the humble radish. Radishes are a good source of vitamin C, minerals, and bad breath. But their benefits don’t end there. They don’t even begin there. Radishes also ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS UP Tiny homes experiment comes to New Ulm Last Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council approved a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a tiny home community. The tiny homes development is a new concept for creating quick workforce housing. Instead of making a large apartment building, a ...

High Court reform needed

Letters

To the editor: It is becoming increasingly obvious every day that the current U.S. Supreme Court does not care about the Constitution or the rule of law. They only care about delivering decisions based on the desires of their overlord, Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump packed the ...

People are afraid

Letters

Re: Defund Human Rights Commission July 2 To the editor: If you truly believe U.S. citizens and those with valid paperwork to be in the U.S. who have brown skin are not afraid of ICE, you need to expand your social circle. People are afraid. If you truly believe not providing health ...