By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…By press time Thursday evening, we had two more calves on the ground.  We moved a bunch of pairs to their summer pastures as well. 14 in one, nine across the lake and nine to a relative’s on the other side of town. We have six more… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There’s a lot of focus lately on immigration, and although mostly it’s about the USA-Mexican border, I think maybe there’s something  there for us here in Minnesota, too. Specifically, I think there should be a better process to determine whether or not someone from some other states can survive here in… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver “Garfield and Friends,” based on comic strips by Jim Davis, was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. With all due respect to the show’s talented writers and other voice actors, the best thing about the show was Lorenzo Music’s performance as the title tabby. Music’s voice, which somehow always sounded… Read More

Notes from the Farm…Well, I got called out last weekend by a long lost relative whose roots go back to Vergas. My grandma and his grandma were sisters, and I haven’t seen him in 30-plus years I’m sure.   He asked me about the cows left to calve, which I now know the exact number to… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Captain’s Log, June 1, 2024 I remember reading science fiction novels back in the sixties, some of which took place in the far distant future; some with dates such as the current one above. Huh! This ain’t science fiction any more. This crew’s captain has been sailing all these years into the future… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I have a question for you regarding on-ramps to the freeway. I thought I used to see yield signs when coming from the ramp. Do I still need to yield to traffic on the freeway?   Answer: Yes, you must yield when you are merging to the main line traffic as… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…Typing my report Friday morning there were two babies born overnight bringing the total cows with calf to 65. I have lost track of how many are left. We did have the pregnant cows in a separate paddock to finish the calving and we would bring the… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just read: “Growing older is mandatory.” It seems to me that someone who said or wrote something like that is still too young. At my age, there isn’t much time to spare for someone younger who says something about someone older. Let’s instead of talking about old age instead get down to… Read More

The first of four peregrine falcon eggs in the DNR FalconCam nest box has hatched and a chick is now visible. The popular webcam, live streaming from a nest box on a high rise in downtown St. Paul, will once again capture a peregrine falcon pair raising their chicks. The first chick hatched early in the… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…Cow number 60 has had her baby so that leaves 11 to go. The actual number would be 4, but we bought 8 more pregnant cows to keep our number closer to 70. One of those heifers is open so she went into the pre-fat pen and will… Read More