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Opinion

Support local retailers

Editorials

Christmas is just weeks away and millions of Americans will be perusing for bargains at their favorite retailers. For those of us who have chosen to live in small communities the drive to a large mall or box store might be hours away and not very convenient when the roads are bad and daylight ...

Unlawful orders

Letters

To the editor: During my 24 years on active duty, I was stationed on ships that were directly involved in Drug Interdiction Operations. We searched, seized, arrested and commandeered. We did not summarily execute. Now Trump is ordering these vessels to be destroyed. This is extra judicial ...

The feasting season

Columns

The collective groan arising from bathroom scales across this great land of ours signals that it’s the feasting season once again. This season kicks off with Thanksgiving, although one could argue that it actually begins with Halloween. Or Labor Day, or the Fourth of July, or Memorial Day, ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS UP New volunteers help with Community Friends Thanksgiving The 37th New Ulm Community Friends Thanksgiving was held at St. Mary’s Church Thursday and it was once again a success. It is estimated 1,400 meals were served during the dinner. All of this was made possible thanks to the ...

Entering a new world with robots and AI

Columns

My heart sank a little when I heard. We knew it was coming. Baseball will be little less human and a little more mechanical. I’m talking about Major League Baseball adopting the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System for next season. Teams will be allowed to challenge a ball-strike ...

Give thanks for the food on community tables

Editorials

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year compared to the last two years, according to the Minnesota Farm Bureau. The bureau’s shared its Thanksgiving meal survey in a Monday release. “The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot ...