Dear Heloise: It’s the time of year when people start spring-cleaning and adding fresh touches to their homes. One of the best things that you can do to improve your home is to declutter. When I say “declutter,” I don’t mean throwing things out and replacing them with new clutter. I ...
Dear Annie: I’m writing in response to the letter from “Brokenhearted Grandma,” whose husband grew angry and controlling over time. Reading about what has happened in her family brought back memories of what happened in my own family. After 20 years of marriage, my husband also became ...
Dear Annie: I’m 74 years of age, and I rent a room from a lady who has a 15-year-old son. I pay $600 a month for rent. I pay her $350 in cash, and I work off the other $250 by cleaning and cooking. I vacuum and make her bed and clean the restrooms. I wash dishes and clean the kitchen. When I ...
I recently felt a pressing need to own a drill press. No farm shop is complete without one and a man isn’t any kind of man if he doesn’t have a drill press. An internet search yielded a perplexing panoply of choices. There are big ones, small ones, short ones, and tall ones. I was ...
Thumbs up Citizen Support for Hanska Library This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Hanska Library. From the beginning, the Hanska Library has been grassroots effort, with many volunteers working without pay to make sure the community with a population of 400 had access to a library. ...
NEW ULM – Before the New Ulm Film Societies adjourns its courtroom drama series, they will host a screening of “The Social Network.” The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 at the New Ulm Public Library. “The Social Network” is a 2010 film directed by David Fincher and ...