Dear Annie: My friend of 20 years confessed to having a crush on her executive coach, which then developed into a flirtation, which then became a sexting affair. I have always known she is unhappy in her marriage, but I cannot condone cheating and have told her so. She’s also started ...

Feb. 15 marked National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. As a fairly new recognition, started in 2022, many people don’t even know it exists. You might not be fully aware of what a School Resource Officer (SRO) actually does, or the critical role they play in school safety. Guns ...

Who Is the League of Women Voters?  The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) is a nonpartisan, grassroots nonprofit dedicated to empowering everyone to fully participate in our democracy. The League of Women Voters New Ulm Chapter is involved in a variety of voter ...

We all want to live, survive, and avoid pain. Survival, adaptation, and self-preservation is a normal drive. Psychologists, however, encounter people who do not have suicidal thoughts, do not want to die, but deliberately harm their body and do acts of self-injury. This perplexing behavior ...

Dear Annie: I am 52 and I have a good life on paper. I am married, I work full-time, and I have two teenagers who keep me busy. But lately I have felt oddly lonely, and I am not sure if I am being overly sensitive or finally noticing something I have ignored for years. I have a close group of ...

The Winter Olympics have arrived, that quadrennial phenomenon that should be called the “It’s Cold Enough Out There to Freeze the Whiskers Off a Polar Bear!” I have nothing against people who enjoy winter sporting events. But I’ve had my fill of cold, having grown up in a drafty old ...