Breaking News

Life

The library supports your writing journey

Lifestyle Columns

purchasing adult fiction books, movies and cd audiobooks. Each month I pour over a multitude of resources pointing me to the best of new fiction. Not only am I amazed at the number of choices each month, I’m awed that people continue to imagine new content, engage in the writing process and complete great works. I’m certain I am not alone when I say, “Please keep the stories coming!” The library can play an important, central part in creative lives and has many offerings to support your writing journey. Connecting people with information is one way the library offers support. ...

Jeff Tweedy is a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist, so why does writing scare him?

Lifestyle Columns

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Tweedy is known to fans as a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist. So it may come as a surprise that the frontman of the Grammy-winning rock band Wilco has long found the act of writing intimidating. “I’ve always been really afraid of prose because I wasn’t good in school. I was always underachieving. And part of it was I always felt overwhelmed by how much there is to say,” he says. Perhaps ironically, that fear is in part what compelled a young Tweedy to start writing music four decades ago. “Songwriting is condensing things and giving yourself ...

U.S. flag with 40 stars captures American history

Lifestyle Columns

Veterans Day is a time to reflect on American history and those who made it. Fighting in World War I ended with a ceasefire on the 11th hour of Nov. 11, 1918. In the following years, Nov. 11 was observed as Armistice Day. In 1947, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks organized ceremonies on Nov. 11 to honor veterans of all wars. President Eisenhower signed the bill that made Veterans Day a national holiday in 1954. Parades have honored veterans and celebrated patriotism since Weeks organized his first celebration, and long before then, too. We don’t know what occasion this 40-star ...

DEFENDER

Lifestyle Feature

Two seasons ago, Isaiah Heins put together a strong senior season for the New Ulm boys soccer team, quietly playing his defensive position. The Minnesota Valley Lutheran graduate chose Martin Luther College as the school to take his talents, playing in a limited role his freshman year by ...

Country musician Megan Moroney says she writes sad songs for sad people; it’s making her a star

Lifestyle Columns

LOS ANGELES — Not so long before her platinum-selling single “Tennessee Orange” became inescapable on country radio, this year scoring Megan Moroney her first-ever CMA nominations (song of the year and artist of the year), the up-and-comer was attending the University of Georgia. The life of a country musician? It wasn’t supposed to happen. “It is truly crazy because I went to school to be an accountant,” Moroney tells The Associated Press. “And here we are.” Fate clearly had other plans. When she was a freshman, Moroney opened for singer John Langston at a sorority ...

New nonfiction DVDs

Lifestyle Columns

It sure feels like winter has arrived! Perfect weather to stay in, get cozy, and watch some dvds. Here are the most recent nonfiction additions to the wall of dvds at the library. A House Made of Splinters - 2023 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary. Social workers in a Ukrainian orphanage do everything they can to make life bearable for children as they wait to learn their fate. The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek – An 11 episode documentary that takes you behind the scenes of the popular Star Trek movies. There are cast and crew interviews and stories of some great moments in ...