Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator As fall winds down and outdoor projects wrap up, there’s one more yard task you can tackle before the snow flies: dormant seeding your lawn. Late October to early November is the ideal time to frost seed areas that are bare or thin. Dormant seeding involves sowing grass seed… Read More
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Dormant seeding your lawn
Published on October 21, 2024 at 12:11pm CDT
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Beyond Ransomware: The threat of extortion attacks
Published on October 21, 2024 at 12:10pm CDT
Cyber Moment By Mike Pfeiffer, CyberFyfe LLC Last month, we delved into the mechanics and prevention of ransomware. However, as the cyber threat landscape evolves, so do the tactics of cybercriminals. One such tactic that builds upon ransomware is extortion. Unlike traditional ransomware that merely encrypts your data, extortion attacks involve stealing your data before encrypting… Read More
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The tired masses yearning to breathe free
Published on October 21, 2024 at 12:09pm CDT
View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Such is the poem inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty…. Read More
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Spooky Halloween
Published on October 21, 2024 at 12:09pm CDT
From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Legend tells me that the bewitching dark evenings of October are haunted with Halloween ghosts, witches and ghouls. Trick and treating kids will soon be running through neighborhoods in costumes. Be sure that you have bags of candy ready for the little goblins. If your house is dark, unwelcoming… Read More
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It was good to be out in the duck blind again
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:37am CDT
Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher In the past few years, its been difficult for me to spend as much time hunting as I would like. For most of my teen and adult years, duck and pheasant hunting was a top priority for me and for my brothers. From the time we were old enough to… Read More
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Letters to the Editor
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:33am CDT
Propaganda sponge From Theresa Tibbetts Glenwood Really? The PCT is a “propaganda sponge”? Many “news” organizations watched by the MAGA Christians spew out lie after lie and then repeat it enough that people don’t bother to fact check it. I watch and listen to what the candidates say and do. I don’t let any news organization–or… Read More
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Hurricane damage sustained several hundred miles from Gulf
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:30am CDT
Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone For the past five years or so we have spent some winter time with my brother who lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston-Salem is near the west end of North Carolina, the area really hit hard by Hurricane Helene. On our trips there we have visited Asheville, Boone (home to… Read More
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Open Enrollment Period is Oct. 15-Dec. 7
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:30am CDT
Senior News By Diane Kittelson, Pope County Senior Services Consultant/Coordinator As fall approaches, now is the right time to compare drug plans and enroll in a new one for next year. October 15 to December 7 is the Open Enrollment Period during which you can compare your current plan to others available in your area and… Read More
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Where candidates stand on agriculture
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:28am CDT
View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist The heading is from an article in DTN/Progressive Farmer dated Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Here it is, edited slightly for length, by Todd Neeley: With the 2024 presidential election around the corner, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump recently gave a snapshot of where they stand… Read More
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Have you ever considered?
Published on October 14, 2024 at 11:28am CDT
The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist What is the fastest growing segment of new hunters being added to the ranks of outdoors people? If you guessed women, you would be right. They still make up a small percentage of the total, but that number is increasing every year. I have developed a close bond with… Read More