Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator   You may have planted flowers and pollinator habitat… now what? What kinds of insects are visiting your property? How do we keep our pollinator insects safe? Check out this upcoming webinar series to help guide you in improving your pollinator habitat. University of Minnesota Extension educators are excited… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist When you read this, the celebration of Christmas may be over and you are maybe looking back over the old year. So, I could write about this year and how it was for us; but I sometimes wonder if I burden you with my grief. And if I… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Christmas cheer is finally here with all the excitement of the holiday season. Who can resist smiling when we see the splendid decorations, inspiring music, gaily wrapped gifts under the tree and family gatherings? Meals will be extra special: at my house, tradition demands that we feast on lefse,… Read More

Placing our country’s needs first… From  Jim Thoreen,  Glenwood Ukrainian President Zelensky this week makes impassioned pleas in Washington for a continuation of this country’s support to suppress and defeat the Russian invasion of his country. Congress has granted more than $111 billion to bolster the Ukrainians in their fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s… Read More

Notes from the Capitol By Paul Anderson, State House Representative District 12 B  By Rep. Paul Anderson While some may wonder what the kerfuffle is about, Minnesota is in the process of changing its official state flag and seal. Our flag flies over state buildings, and the seal is stamped on all official state documents. If you’ve… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Here’s some theoretical political scenarios for 2024. What if President Donald J. Trump gets convicted in one of the multiple criminal cases in which he is a defendant. While this would certainly activate his base of supporters, others might decide that the “law and order” wing of the Republican party… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist A few weeks ago I wrote a story about Farmall’s 100 years of producing farm tractors. Quite a few readers responded to the story. In the Dec. 7, 2023 article by Dan Miller of DTNag, is this story about the winner of the new Farmall utility 75C tractor. Here… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator University of Minnesota Extension Educators are pleased to bring you the fifth annual Gardening from the Ground Up Zoom webinar series. Free virtual workshops will take place Feb. 19-23, 2024, from 1-2:30 p.m. each afternoon. The series will focus on maximizing efficiency in the home landscape. Webinars will cover… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Traditions. It links the past with the present and projects them into the future. Few people question them, so they often pass from generation to generation. And they are present very much at this time of the year. How we celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas depends on how our… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist It’s mid-December and I’ m still waiting for snow to fall and blanket the lawn with white softness. Though the recent surprise warmth is lovely, 40 degree days are not Christmas weather. The lake is still not frozen for skating and skiing; ducks are swimming in Carmen’s Bay through… Read More