Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I feel like I see so many vehicles tailgating and following too close. I remember people talk about a so-many second following tip. Can you remind me and others what that is? Answer:  Applying the “Three-Second Rule” helps you keep a safe distance between your car and the… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church This past Sunday, we at Harvest Church welcomed guest speaker Pastor Ariel Nieves, who shared a powerful and heartfelt message titled “The Beauty of a Broken Heart.” Speaking from Mark 14 and Luke 7, Pastor Ariel reminded the church that before God changes anything around us, He first changes… Read More

By Becker County Master Gardeners -Take your amaryllis out of the dark and into a bright window, cut back dead foliage and water.  Flowers typically develop in 4-6 weeks. – Potted chrysanthemums in rich, autumn hues are traditional for Thanksgiving. Choose plants with some buds just opening, rather than in full bloom. They’ll last three… Read More

By Officers Scott Luhman  and Bret Anderson Notes from the Frazee PD Notes from the Officer…Winter is coming…just a quick reminder for a few things involving snow we get every year.   When it snows and Larry and the other public works guys are plowing snow you are required to move your car every 24… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Fifty-six years ago I was in Vietnam, up by the DMZ at a place called Quang Tri Combat Base. It was named Quang Tri for a small village close by. I turned 25 years old there. I had been drafted by the U.S. Army and assigned the MOS  (mode… Read More

To the Editor, An open letter to Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach: A primary mission of the League of Women Voters is to empower voters through voter education and engagement. In early July, the five local chapters of the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Congressional District 7, supported by the LWV Minnesota, sent a letter… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question : In your last article you wrote about “pavement markings.” Could you talk about “turn lanes” as I think there are quite a few people who get confused by this?   Answer: Turn lanes near intersections separate left-turning or right-turning traffic from through traffic. White arrows, sometimes accompanied… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver A popular criticism I’ve heard about “The Smashing Machine” is that it tries too hard to subvert expectations. I assume that this is a reference to the way the film follows mixed martial artist Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) on his journey not to a major win, but to his first… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Chief…By the time you read this, the Minnesota Youth Deer Hunt will be a day or two away. Thursday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 19 are the dates this year, funny how they seem to fall on MEA every year.   We had our fall… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda (Upon request, I’m rerunning this.) My sister and her husband bought land on the outskirts of Flagstaff, where it was so deserted that the first street—dirt road, really—was named after my sister. When someone purchased the five acres beside theirs, and parked some cars over on my sister and… Read More