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Opinion

AP story misleads readers on COVID

Letters

To the Editor: On 1-3-2025 The Journal ran an AP article that misleads the public. The article claims we don’t know where COVID came from. COVID had its beginnings in the SARS virus. Certain elements used gain of function research with nefarious intent on the SARS virus. Wise people in our ...

Battling video game addiction

Columns

When video games came on the market I began to see problems gradually develop. I believe that Pong came out In 1972. You could get your own game in 1975. I believe my first relationship problem that was the result of addiction to Pong was sometime in 1976. At that time I could never have ...

Don’t sign the check

Columns

Dear Heloise: I read a recent column of yours, and it reminded me of this story: Two older women who were friends for a long time ran into each other at the grocery store. They hadn’t seen each other for several months. The first woman told her friend that she was so disappointed with her ...

Infidelity from both sides

Columns

your article about the husband having a relationship with someone in the office. The wife asked why women try to break up marriages like that. I’d like to offer some insight, as I’ve had experiences on both sides of the issue. First, in dating a married man, I lost sight of the morals my ...

Midwinter chores

Columns

During our long, chilly winters – when it’s so cold outside that you wish you had stored your brass monkey someplace warm – a guy has no excuses and no choice but to tackle those indoor chores that he’d put off last summer. Numerous such chores present themselves. Chief among mine ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS UP Community rallies around Michaela Howk Ever since news that former New Ulm resident Michaela Howk was injured in horrible hit-and-run accident on New Years Day, the community has rallied around her and her family. Howk’s injuries will require ongoing medical care, rehabilitation ...