Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic “Dune” back in 2021. The sounds and visuals were great, and I understood why it won so many technical Oscars that year, but I couldn’t get invested in the characters or… Read More

To the Editor, Democrats at the Capitol have been forcing through legislation that follows an alarming trend: eliminating transparency and ignoring input. That trend seems to be continuing into this legislative session. I’m sure folks recall last year, when Democrats pushed through the land transfer of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park. It was done so… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Farm…We sold another batch of calves last week. Ten heifers and two steers went to the sales barn in Perham. Beef prices are still doing well so dad was pretty happy with how the calves sold.   The week before we bought six pregnant cows to add to… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Last week, when the new tax valuation statements came in the mail, I reacted quite negatively, because it seemed to me that county government, in its requirement to raise taxes to balance its spending budget, was out to get me. Then, the other night, I had a dream. (No. Martin Luther King… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from New York…I see I did not talk much about the Toto and Journey concert last week.  It was spectacular is all I can say! Lots of energy and many good tunes from growing up in the 80’s.  One teensy bit of disappointment that we discovered while at the show… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Did you ever think about how many more ways there are to agree to something than there are to disagree? No wonder we all seem to have too much to do. There are too many ways to agree to do it. Mainly, stuff like this is important to me because I seem… Read More

To the Editor, State officials issued a new economic forecast for Minnesota on Thursday, with a looming $1.5 billion shortfall through 2027 overshadowing a $3.715 billion surplus for the current biennium. “Thursday’s news is proof again that Democrats’ reckless tax and spend agenda is driving Minnesota off of a fiscal cliff,” said Backer. “All of us are… Read More

To the Editor, Minnesotans seek assistance from U.S. government agencies for a variety of reasons—whether it’s to get an answer about Social Security, access to veterans benefits, or assistance with renewing a passport. But, too often, bureaucratic red tape gets in the way. That’s why our state office makes it a priority to cut through this… Read More

To the Editor, We are in week three of the current session, and we have already seen a lot of activity. It was widely thought that this session would be more reserved and more “status quo,” considering Democrats went hog wild with their spending last year. I’d like to once again remind folks that Democrats not… Read More

To the Editor, We need you today to help Frazee in allocating $1.85 million to support the development of Wannigan Regional Park. We are honored to have local legislators who authored a bill in the Senate and House, thanks to Senator Utke and Representative Knudsen.  This money has already been set aside at the state level. It’s… Read More