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Opinion

Year-round E15: Good for everyone

Letters

To the editor: Instead of Congressional leadership choosing to keep language about year-round E15 availability nationwide in the last funding bill, congressional leadership chose to remove. Rather than keeping E15 included, they established a new E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council with the ...

The place of morals in life

Columns

Morals and living a moral life are needed to have a successful life. Morals can be a strong contributor to making the best,correct decisions. What are morals? By the book, morals are what is right and what is wrong. It is an understanding of what is good or bad behavior. They contribute ...

‘It’s Miller time’

Letters

To the editor: I’m not a beer drinker. I’m sure I’ve never uttered this proclamation before. But now that I’ve done so in print, I must explain that the “Miller time” to which I’m referring is that it’s time for Stephen Miller to go. Miller is the puppeteer behind the scenes ...

Shedding light on cruelty toward our neighbors

Letters

To the editor: I grew up in New Ulm a long time ago. I graduated from Cathedral High School in 1960. I have lived most of my life in San Antonio, Texas but I carry in my soul my home town, New Ulm. The Journal has kept me in touch. May I thank you, the editorial staff, for covering bravely ...

An ancestral surprise

Columns

The results of a recent genetic test shook me to the core. It seems that I’m not who I thought I was. Some years ago, I sent a spit sample to 23andMe. The test revealed, unsurprisingly, that I’m 100% Norwegian. All my ancestors came from Norway; the test simply confirmed that I’m the ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS DOWN Car crash takes out print edition On Wednesday, a vehicle crashed into multiple vehicles outside the House of Print in Madelia before smashing into a nearby utility pole, causing a power outage. As a result, the House of Print was not able to operate its printing press for ...