Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hi, I was wondering if you are stopped at a stop light and in a left turn lane and an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens come in behind you (either in the turn lane or the lane to your right), what is the proper procedure? Thank you!   Answer: When… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Each day that I walk on the road for exercise, it becomes clearer and clearer that the drivers of the cars that meet me can be divided up into three categories. Walking gives you time to puzzle out stuff like this. The first category of people is the nicest one. These are… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church So many times in life I’ve had a really good idea. I’ve wanted to start something new, or try this or that out. Or I come up with a perfect plan, and get to work to make it happen. Maybe it’s age or wisdom, or both as they can go… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just heard on the radio about a guy who up and decided one day to clean his fireplace chimney with a 16-gauge shotgun. Although I didn’t know this man, I felt a growing kinship with his ambitions. And admiration. Lots and lots of admiration. After all, not everyone can spend a… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My truck was backed into yesterday and the mirror on the driver’s side broke off mirror. It is dangling by the wire now.  Will I be legal to drive if I remove it or do I try to tape it back into position until it can be fixed?   Answer: I… Read More

Bev Johnson  Master Gardener Bunkey decided last year that buying plants was too limiting so he determined to start his own. He bought all the proper equipment, covered flats, seed starting mix, shop lights and chains to put them at the proper distance from the new sprouts, heating cables and timers. He set up shop… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: If I am driving down a two lane road and a State Trooper is driving toward me with their flashing lights on, am I supposed to move over? Answer: When approaching any authorized emergency vehicle equipped with emergency lights, the driver of each other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As an aging human who wants to live forever, I’ve had to become accustomed to doctors looking up, down, in, and around every one of my openings. I’m calling these human apertures “openings” in respect for Miss Martin, the noble, prim, heroic woman who taught at Douglas # 8, the country school… Read More

Look higher than me in 2023 By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church It seems to be popular in our culture to look within to find truth, self-esteem, love, light, and so on. We often hear the term “my truth” and that the greatest “sin”  is to deny your own truth. There’s more than a few self-help books that… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver We were first introduced to dashing animated feline Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) in “Shrek 2” all the way back in 2004. The character appeared in two more “Shrek” sequels before headlining his own self-titled movie in 2011. Now comes “The Last Wish,” a sequel that depends on audiences still caring… Read More