Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver Standard disclaimer for any and all “PAW Patrol” media: I am not the target audience for “PAW Patrol.” The target audience for “PAW Patrol” is young children and only young children. This is not a “fun for all ages” property that adults can enjoy as much as kids. At best, adults… Read More

To the Editor, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS BE AWARE: If you are surveying property with a metes and bounds legal description, take note. (ex. “north 200 feet; thence west 300 feet; thence south 200 feet; thence east 300 feet”). If you desire to sell a portion of your property, no matter the acreage, Otter Tail County will refuse to… Read More

By Sonny Albarado Arkansas Advocate There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in recent years about the death of local newspapers, those bastions of democracy and chroniclers of community. While the loss of any newspaper hurts the people they serve, residents of rural areas and small towns are hit especially hard when a newspaper shuts down. When a… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I know it’s discouraged, but is it actually illegal for students to stand on a school bus while it is moving?   Answer: Minnesota state law says no person shall stand in a school bus when the bus is in motion. In addition the aisle and emergency exit of a school… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Last Wednesday, Officer Bret visited with the Neighbor to Neighbor group in town and talked about scams people may try on the older generation. Below are the crib notes given to those attending and I thought it would be good to share with all of you. Thirteen common senior citizen scams… Read More

To the Editor, The framers of our nation’s “by the people” pledge leading to our election process made a critical error in defining qualifications to run for president that is …be a natural born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old and been a resident for 14 years. Of course, they couldn’t… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver “The Nun II” is the ninth film in the “Conjuring Universe,” a franchise tied to the adventures of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, but it is the third in the series chronologically. Demon-in-a-nun’s-habit Valak (Bonnie Aarons) has made appearances in installments both earlier and later in the franchise’s chronology. In… Read More

By Pastor  Ryan Stockstrom   Harvest Fellowship Church I hear frequently these days that there is a shortage of volunteers. It doesn’t matter what sector of society, people aren’t coming out as much as they used to. Whether results of the pandemic or a societal shift, people are less apt to be involved to volunteer or serve. I… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Parenting has sure changed since my generation were kids. Most of what our parents threatened to do to us for punishment back in the fifties would now involve half the local social services bureau, along with some emergency responders, the police, and the fire department. And now? It’s all “time out” and… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver It has been five years since we last saw Robert “The Equalizer” McCall, as played by the ever-arresting Denzel Washington. In that time, we’ve had a pandemic, three seasons of the Queen Latifah TV series (not to be confused with the Edward Woodward TV series from the 80’s), and plenty of… Read More