To the Editor, Never has there been a Speaker of the House so tied to the apron of an out of office former president than Mike Johnson. Winning the final vote was largely due to Trump’s endorsing Johnson’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election by any means.  If that bond remains unshakable, Donald J. Trump… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There is one thing for certain: You must watch what people do, not what they say. Words don’t jibe with actions. Here are some examples of words and phrases you should look out for. “This won’t hurt.” It is often followed closely by the phrase: “You’re going to feel just a bit… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver Taylor Swift is the single most powerful force in pop culture at the moment. Every other musical artist is eating her dust on the charts. Television, upended by writers’ and actors’ strikes, is only doing well with sporting events where the topic of conversation is Taylor and her possible relationship with… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda We older parents get a lot of input from our older children. One of my learning curves has focussed on chocolate. It is a focus for me for reasons about to become clear. For those of you unfamiliar with any chocolate past a Milky Way bar–which pretty much describes my limit, up… Read More

Defining exhibition driving in state statues Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: What is the difference between careless or reckless driving? What about “exhibition driving”?   Answer: In general, the difference between reckless and careless is that “reckless” is generally “intentional” or the driver “should know” that the driving behavior could injure or kill someone. Here’s more detail… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen Murphy’s Law states that if something could go wrong it most likely would.  For parents that means a kid who has been home all day will tell you at 5:30 p.m. that their ear hurts on a Friday night. Never mind the fact that it hurt off and on all day, but… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda With nothing better to do, it was time to check the list. “Clean out the tractor tool box” was on it. Ugh. It’s so full that the lid won’t close. It never has closed since I bought the tractor used 25 years ago. The permanent yawn that the lid exhibits lets… Read More

To the Editor, It is one-dimensional to say that any younger person is “more capable of a better job.” That assumes younger means better judgment. And that is not a better judgment on facts. For instance, the prevailing emotion of younger Republican politicians and activists these days is anger. For them, anger is justified insanity coming from… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen For the past three weeks you have likely noticed a change in the hours we are open at the Frazee-Vergas Forum and Citizen’s Advocate in Henning. In case you haven’t noticed we aren’t here on Tuesday’s as much as we have been in the past and that is a decision we… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Peter P. Bogden, bless his departed soul, was a strong old bachelor who lived next farm over when we first moved up here 50 winters ago. He taught me a lot of things, some medical, some more practical. Medically, what I learned from Peter P. was that, if you didn’t feel good,… Read More