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

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda On a weekend a long, long time ago, one during which some of The Young Girls had blessed us by coming home to wash laundry, we found ourselves sitting around the kitchen table. The conversation flowed comfortably around all the catching up that we had to do because, at their age,… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: While traveling I see a lot of vehicles pulled over on the side of the road with either steam or smoke coming from the vehicle. Can you talk about what a person should do in these situations?   Answer: When dealing with a vehicle that is overheating, most vehicles have dashboard… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief It has been a while since I’ve written about police stuff so let’s see how many people I can rile up.   First on the list is parking on Main Avenue in the downtown area. I have heard of a few complaints from business owners that customers or employees are parking… Read More

To the Editor, Democrats recently brought forward a concerning and partisan Health and Human Services Omnibus budget bill. It was bloated with controversial mandates, measures that will decrease the quality of care for folks across the state, and proposals that increase government spending. The entire bill totaled to just over $46 million for 2024-2025, and over… Read More