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 hours if it is… 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 of service–or,… Read More

To the Editor, An open letter to Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach: A primary mission of the League of Women Voters is to empower voters through voter education and engagement. In early July, the five local chapters of the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Congressional District 7, supported by the LWV Minnesota, sent a letter to your… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question : In your last article you wrote about “pavement markings.” Could you talk about “turn lanes” as I think there are quite a few people who get confused by this?   Answer: Turn lanes near intersections separate left-turning or right-turning traffic from through traffic. White arrows, sometimes accompanied by the word… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver A popular criticism I’ve heard about “The Smashing Machine” is that it tries too hard to subvert expectations. I assume that this is a reference to the way the film follows mixed martial artist Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) on his journey not to a major win, but to his first professional… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Chief…By the time you read this, the Minnesota Youth Deer Hunt will be a day or two away. Thursday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 19 are the dates this year, funny how they seem to fall on MEA every year.   We had our fall class for youth… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda (Upon request, I’m rerunning this.) My sister and her husband bought land on the outskirts of Flagstaff, where it was so deserted that the first street—dirt road, really—was named after my sister. When someone purchased the five acres beside theirs, and parked some cars over on my sister and her husband’s property, it… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Can you explain what the lines on the highways and streets indicate? I feel like a lot of people can’t figure it out. Thanks.   Answer: I sure can. Pavement markings direct and regulate traffic.   White lines separate lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction. • White dashes: You can change lanes… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Church Every so often, a book of the Bible feels like it was written directly into the headlines of our time. Paul’s letter to the Colossians is one of those. Penned from a Roman prison cell around A.D. 62, this letter overflows with hope through difficult times.  Imagine that—words written in… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…They say that a bull is half your cow herd. That is true providing he can service the females that are with him in the pasture. Over the course of the summer there are several concerns that can affect the fertility and conception rate of the herd.  … Read More