From my desk Bob Williams There are a lot of reasons why the obituary page is the most read on newspaper websites across the country. The older one gets the more poignant updates to those pages are for people. It is hardly something to look forward to, more so, obits are a sudden reminder of time past… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda We’ve spent the past below-zero days sitting around St. Paul the Parlor Stove, which I dug out of the far dark corner of the pole shed this past fall. There it had sat, ever since the pole shed collapsed on it from snow load four years ago in another shed. It broke… Read More

To the Editor, Recently, Governor Tim Walz announced that internet providers will receive nearly $100 million in funding to expand broadband coverage to more Minnesotans. This largest-ever grant round is estimated to extend new high-speed internet connections to more than 33,000 Minnesota homes and businesses in 48 counties. At the Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Office… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church We’ve all met people before that are so memorable that when other people ask about them, we simply say, when you meet him, you’ll know! Some people are quite magnetic that way. There’s something about them that you just can’t forget. Maybe it’s their laugh. Maybe it’s the way they make… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There are several seasonal subjects about which I have written. Wood ticks. Fishing opener. Deer hunting. Those are just a few. Perhaps it is ego; perhaps it is lack of faith; whatever it is, first columns about those subjects are columns which I don’t think I can improve. Here is another:… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Last week, I noticed a truck with a snow plow blade on it, it took up the whole traffic lane, it was not a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck.  What is the legal length allowed for a snow blade? Answer:  The maximum legal width is 8 feet 6 inches in Minnesota. … Read More

God’s plans for people will never expire By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church Last week I challenged us to consider, “What was God’s Motivation?” Why did He send Jesus into this broken and harsh world? What is it about Him? What’s in His heart that allowed Him to make the decision to send His Son to… Read More

From my desk Bob Williams Editor December is always a month of reflection on the prior year and a 31-day countdown to the future. Last January 1, I was happily unemployed, taking a break from journalism and thinking about a change of career for my future. It was going to take a few minor miracles to get… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As memories go, some of my best ones revolve around electricity. One thing about electricity always fascinated me–it was available in so many different forms. Back in 1949, when I was five years old and our telephone was one of the first–not the first, which was before I was born–of the better… Read More

By Pastor Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church “Motivated,” according to the online Oxford languages dictionary means “to provide (someone) with a motive for doing something.” An example it offers is “he was primarily motivated by the desire for profit.” Have you ever wondered about God’s motivation?   As I think about Christmas coming soon, and the celebration of Immanuel,… Read More