Quirky fears—we all have them and anyone who boldly exclaims they are not afraid of anything either never gets out of the house, or is a lying fool. Most of our fears are pretty common like being afraid of spiders, clowns or my perpetual fear of falling to my death any time I get more… Read More

By Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: First, thank you for sharing our concerns on traffic safety.  I see an increase in drivers not accelerating to enter the main flow of traffic, until they are on the main roadway.  This also happens, but less often, when exiting the main flow by slowing down before in… Read More

I think yard sales, or garage or rummage sales, or whatever you call them, are probably two very opposite things. 1. They’re a great way to make money off junk. Or 2. They’re a great way to lose money on junk. A very wise Finnish descendant who could come up with sayings that reflected much… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…This week has started the fall processing of the calves. All the calves born this spring are getting their first rounds of shots. The yearlings from last fall got their annual boosters. The spring calves will get another round of shots in a month when… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Chief…It is that time of year again where I put on a local Youth Firearm Safety Class.  I have been teaching classes in Frazee for close to 18-plus years and it may be time to hang it up soon. For about 17 of those years,… Read More

By Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: My question is when driving a side-by-side ATV during a bright, sunny day on a county road. Do I need to have my headlights on?   Answer: Yes, any ATV, when operating has to have the headlights on at all times if it is equipped with them.  … Read More

By Benjay Hamm Special to the Forum When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers.  With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing their communities about what… Read More

Graduation for high school and college students has once again happened, and as this current group of students gets closer to that time when they enter the job market, there is a lot of effort on their part to find jobs. Jobs are harder to come by. This waning job market has some difficulties to… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…(Week of the week before since I forgot to send it to the paper). Another new calf tagged this last week. It took me a few days to find her after the initial morning I found her in the weeds, brush. There were a couple… Read More

By Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: I have a slow moving emblem for my vehicle. Can I use that when I am driving at normal speed limits or must I take that off?   Answer: Vehicles designed to operate at 35 miles per hour or less must display a slow-moving vehicle emblem. The use… Read More