By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church Fall in Minnesota brings cool mornings, changing leaves, and—if you know me—plenty of hunting and archery metaphors. There’s something about aiming, focus, and patience that parallels the life of faith. An archer improves accuracy not by shooting closer targets but by practicing farther ones. If you want to hit a target… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…Quite a lot of work done on the farm the last week. The calves were given their second round of vaccinations, weighed and the weaning tags were put in their noses. The calves were turned back with their mothers, but they won’t be able to nurse.   Research… Read More

The the Editor, We find ourselves in the midst of governing and economic chaos clearly showing the governing strategies of both political parties. Republicans have traditionally based their emphasis on money issues like balancing the budget or trying to. History shows that even when they have control they run up more debt than Democrats. Democrats have emphasized… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I remember being eleven or twelve years old, staying overnight with grandma and grandpa in town. Staying overnight with grandma–who always had candy–was a big deal. But it was a smaller deal because I and my brother and sister took piano lessons from her. She had taught piano her whole life. Staying… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Can I get some clarification on stop signs. I always wonder where to stop. Is it at the stop sign or at the stop line I sometimes see on the road. Thank you. Answer: This is a good question that I do get fairly often. Here is what you need to… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver “Predator” and I got off on the wrong foot. I’m not talking about the new movie, but rather the 1987 original, and by extension the whole franchise. I rented the film hoping to enjoy some action-movie interaction between two future governors: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. Unfortunately, there was little to… Read More

Thank you very much for remembering us with cards and memorials in memory of our mother, Charlotte Buehler. Love you all! Sandy Antonsen, Darlene Olson, Ron Buehler and families

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda “There’s a little good in the worst of us, And a little bad in the best of us. It scarce behooves the most of us, To talk about the rest of us.” I don’t know who the author of that quote is. I can tell you that my uncle quoted it to my cousin so… Read More

By Camille Pearson Walz  West Central Initiative As a longtime resident of Moorhead, Beth Grosen has always believed in giving back to the community she loves. From her years with the city to her service in the Rotary Club, Beth’s life has been grounded in generosity and connection. Now, as she plans for the future, she hopes… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver How is it that Halloween of 2025 couldn’t give us a better horror movie than “Black Phone 2”? It’s not that I’m shocked that a Halloween horror movie is a disappointment. I’m just shocked that we got such a disappointing movie this year. 2025 has been such a banner year for… Read More