Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver It was a good idea for “Bob Marley: One Love” to open on Valentine’s Day. Not just because there hadn’t been a decent box office performer in weeks (and even “Mean Girls and “The Beekeeper” were only mild hits) and the market was ripe for a takeover. Not just because the… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Some may have noticed and some not, but I was absent from town for a few days. Actually took myself and the Domestic Associate (DA) on a vacation. A short little get away to the travel capital of the US of A. Rochester, New York for those of you who are… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda In the process of apprenticing my way toward geezerdom, I got up early Saturday morning and found my way into town to the GossipBox Café. The GossipBox Café is where made geezers hang out, much the same way that the Mafia hung out in Italian restaurants and bars. I want to be… Read More

To the Editor, One thing about having a critical mind is always trying to understand why other people see things differently. In these times of powerful corporate media, group survival and happiness has been so greatly manipulated that too many people are giving money and power to others who use it against all of us. Sunday school… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Drought, Drought, Drought…that’s what we are in and have been for the last 3 summers. The lack of snow seems to be continuing this trend. There are several concerns that stem from the lack of snow.  One is winter kill in the alfalfa fields. Snow cover usually helps insulate the… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda “It seems to me,” said Trugood the Kitchen Table to me just now, “that you could find time in your retirement to pay some attention to me.” (Yes. I know. A talking kitchen table. It was bad enough that all the appliances could speak, but now this.  You  can see the problem,… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda “It seems to me,” said Trugood the Kitchen Table to me just now, “that you could find time in your retirement to pay some attention to me.” (Yes. I know. A talking kitchen table. It was bad enough that all the appliances could speak, but now this.  You  can see the problem,… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I thought I heard about 911 being able to find accurate locations even when people don’t know exactly where they are. Can you talk about that? Answer: Yes, we shared some information on this very subject on our Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s blog just recently. I will share the article. “As… Read More

Keep garlic and vinegar for a salad, do not use them for weeds in a garden By Bev Johnson Master Gardener In 2006, the University Of Minnesota decided to test organic weed killers against Round Up and Finale. They laid out 2×2 foot squares of lawn grass that had a few dandelions here and there. The area… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the farm…Last Sunday, we vaccinated the cows to protect the calves from scours in the spring. What is scours? Plain and simple, scours is diarrhea. The cattle industry has routinely used the term scours to refer to diarrhea in young animals for as long as anyone can remember…. Read More