The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda This isn’t a column for everyone; it’s about air filters. Air filters bring with them very little humor, well, except for the times new home owners—some of whom had been in their home for a couple of years or more—have proudly shown me their furnaces, knowing I’m interested, with… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hi. I have two grandsons, one 17 years old with a driver’s license the other is 15 with a permit. They both have a bad habit of driving with one hand on the wheel.  I stress how dangerous this is and both hands need to be on wheel… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…The pastures are getting chewed down as the weather is getting colder. I shut off the water hydrants to the outlying stock tanks, and the herd emptied the tanks, so we don’t have to drain them. I still have to blow out the water lines… Read More

To the Editor, When we read about problems and tragedies it’s easy to become distressed. To increase happiness, think about things for which you have gratitude. My family does this at the end of dinner when we say “grats.” This involves one person telling us three things for which she or he is grateful. Then… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I was there, inside my mother, in the forties, when the government was extolling the virtues of smoking, and how good it was for you. Especially for pregnant women. Then I was there in the late fifties, when they said it wasn’t.  I was growing up, but I was… Read More

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