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

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