View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I love snow. I love how it covers everything. Snow is the great equalizer; making even the most modest houses seem magical. I love the way snow flutters to the ground; each snowflake unique and different. I love how white and clean snow is, washing the grey landscape… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Time to turn the calendar to the magical month of December. Morning stars at 6 a.m. thrill me as I walk to the mailbox for the newspaper. The moon and constellations shine so brilliantly in these dark skies of early winter. The sun is slow to rise in morning’s… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglas, Publisher With 76.4 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot in the November election, Minnesota looks to continue its streak of having the highest voter turnout in the nation. The only challenger is Wisconsin, which had not yet certified its election results as this was being penned. Minnesota’s State Canvassing Board… Read More

Where was the coverage? From Rhonda Johnson, Starbuck Hats off to Jeff Iverson for bringing the joy of musical theater to our community! As I sat in the audience watching this talented group of Minnewaska students perform their hearts out for a fully packed auditorium, I was buoyed by the fact that here was something… Read More

Minnewaska Musings By Paul Gremmels I haven’t eaten a bowl of cereal in fifty years. Growing up, our mother always made sure that my brothers and I ate a bowl of cereal before school every morning. We have since learned such things as; “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” And, “Studies have shown… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone President-elect Donald J. Trump has proposed a Department of Government Efficiency that would look at various divisions of government and make recommendations to make the Federal government smaller and more efficient. As of this writing this organization would be headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, both entrepreneurs and billionaires…. Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist So, how is your pheasant hunting season going? Mine has been pretty bleak, but this is not the result of all hunters who chase ring necks on the pheasant range of Minnesota. The weather has been so nice I can find no way to complain. The higher-than-normal temperatures in… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist From the pages of Farm Journal’s AgWeb magazine of Nov. 18, 2024 online, comes a gripping story of a Michigan dairyman named J.P. Koop who during the first day of silage chopping this past September, accidentally touched a high-voltage power line with the high arching chute of his Krone… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I sit here now, as I do sometimes; looking over the water. It’s late November and people often ask me what there is to do at a lake cabin in November. No boating. No swimming. No ice skating or ice fishing. No neighbors. The last adds to the… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Most days around 6 a.m., I creep outdoors in my bathrobe to get my newspaper. Though it’s still dark, I like to look up at the early morning sky to see brilliant stars in constellation patterns. I’ve been thinking lately how little we remember to give thanks for the… Read More