To the editor: This past September, I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s disease. It was a heart-wrenching experience that I know far too many families across Minnesota and the country are familiar with. Alzheimer’s is a relentless, degenerative disease that affects not only those who are ...
For the month of April, WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc., (WRAP) would like to discuss sexual assault, awareness, and prevention. Since 2001, the month of April has been coined as the National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and has helped to make huge strides to bring awareness ...
To the editor: In the spring and summer of 2024 Lake Hanska Area Association volunteers got together to clean up Geiger Point located on the west end of Lake Hanska, The group cut brush, removed trees and cleaned up driftwood for easier access to shore fishing, they also replaced the worn and ...
Babysitting a 4-year-old boy is not for the faint of heart nor for anyone who hasn’t spent at least six months training for a triathlon. Toddlers are perpetual motion machines. In addition to constantly being on the move — a toddler never walks when he or she can either skip or run — ...
THUMBS DOWN New Ulm’s Happy Joe’s abruptly closes Last Saturday, residents of New Ulm were shocked and disappointed to learn Happy Joe’s closed. A simple hand written note was placed inside the front door, citing unforeseen circumstances. The Happy Joe’s franchise has been part of ...
To the editor: Re: Fix Social Security, April 2 Star Parker, in her piece on Wednesday touting privatizing of Social Security, ignored two facts that completely unravel her tale. First is that during the Golden Era she idolized — the Post-War years — the marginal tax rate for ...