By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church February tends to turn our attention toward relationships. It’s the month of hearts, cards, flowers, and reminders—both subtle and obvious—that relationships matter. Even for those of us who aren’t especially romantic-(like me), it’s a natural season to pause and reflect on the people in our lives and the quality of… Read More

To the Editor, Dear Donald Trump, I know you have a hard job. I feel for you. I understand the illegal immigration issue is a problem. We all saw the video clips of hordes of people just walking across the border illegally, and it was horrific. I am glad you are addressing it. Could you at least consider… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…Sale day was last Monday, and it is always like a little holiday for the farm. For beef farmers, there are one or two major paychecks each year. This year we sold 56 steers and heifers that were born last April, May and June. We sold at… Read More

by Sen. Paul Utke State Representative As a new year begins, so approaches another legislative session. Some folks may not know, but in each biennium we have a budget year and a bonding year­—last year was a budget year, meant for setting the state budget and this year is a bonding year, during which the legislature’s… Read More

By Tim Rova Guest Op-Ed For more than 25 years, the Roadless Rule has quietly achieved something extraordinary: protecting our national forests while keeping them open to the public. I know this not just as someone who values these lands, but as someone whose life has been shaped by them.   Since 2001, this policy has protected… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…I think I finally have all the waterers running up to temps just as it will start to warm up a little. The purchase of a new tank heater along with trouble shooting the issues and the waterer for the calves is staying open.   I had four… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I squinted and peered out past the dark V-shaped laughing gas mask that pressed so suffocatingly down upon my nose. All I could see, looming over me, were the arc-welder blue eyes of the dentist who was at a frightening pace removing tooth enamel with which I had become very attached. The… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver “Mercy” was the #1 movie at the box office on a weekend where the weather showed little in the way of mercy to much of the country. Hope you’re all safe out there.  As if the weather weren’t enough of a disadvantage, “Mercy” is saddled with one of the stupidest cinematic premises… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church As we begin a new year, I’ve been encouraging our church family to refocus on connecting deeper to God.  Specifically through the practices of prayer and fasting. These practices aren’t about religious performance or checking boxes. They are about realigning our hearts. Moses understood this. When God spoke of leading Israel… Read More

To the Editor, Growing up in the Frazee-Vergas area, where my nearest neighbor was a cornfield away, I learned what it meant to be a neighbor. Hospitality and kindness, watching out for one another. For years I assumed that place would always be home, but then later, relationships drew me to Minneapolis. I arrived a little… Read More