The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist The biggest outdoor day of the year in Minnesota was May 13. The fishing opener to many is better than any of the other holidays you don’t have to go to work on. Minnesota sells more fishing licenses than any other state per capita. There will have been long… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Most of you have heard of that tragic wind episode in Central Illinois on Monday, May 1, along the I-55 Interstate. News reports mentioned “plowed” farm fields contributing to the disaster, that involved 40 to 60 cars and also semi-trailers. Seven people died and 37 were taken to hospitals…. Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Are you interested in doing more to help our native pollinators? You can make your lawn do double duty! A bee lawn can not only provide a recreational space for you, your family and your pets, it can also provide much-needed food resources for bees and other beneficial pollinators…. Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Today is Sunday, the day I dreaded when I was a kid. It  used to be the most boring day of the week! Mom insisted that it wasn’t acceptable to do any work, even sewing or playing cards. Sunday was a day of rest. We couldn’t go to the movies…. Read More

By Sandra Vatthauer                 It was the morning of Jello Fest, a bright sunny day, When what to our wondering eyes should appear, But 12  hearty WIN students and staff volunteers, to tidy up our ground as a gesture of kindness In the Fron Church basement da ladies did… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone All of this fuss about the debt ceiling, and the political games that are being played because of it, are just stupid. Over the years Republicans and Democrats have taken actions that have increased the amount of money the Federal government has borrowed to stay in business. What is alarming… Read More

Josh Owen family writes to community ‘No words can express our gratitude’ From Josh’s father Dan Owen, “bonus mom” Debra Belshaw and the Owen family Communities are by definition a “group of people who share a certain set of norms, beliefs or culture.”  Every society has at least one thing that the people are very… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist There is a country super star whose name is Jason Aldean. He sings a song call “Fly Over States.” Many folks who are not familiar with the Midwest just plain and simply call our great part of North America flyover states. When it comes to wildlife and waterfowl this… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Pollinators like native bees, moths and butterflies, birds, bats and other animals are hard at work providing vital but often unnoticed services. In order to set seed and reproduce, many plant species rely on animal pollinators to move pollen from flower to flower. There are thousands of insect pollinator… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist In our amazing Bible study group last week, we talked about being grateful and content. Contentment maybe comes from being grateful and not “covet.” Being grateful for what we have. Not wanting what we can’t have…that, in my mind, is living a contented life. Contentment also comes from… Read More