By Jessica Carlson Master Gardener Intern Minnesota is home to some of the nation’s most inspiring public gardens. Whether you’re seeking structural ideas, bloom combinations, or creative uses of native plants, these destinations offer a visual feast! Make it a day trip, or stop on your way to that vacation destination. So you’ve wandered through flower-lined paths and… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My husband and I are wondering if it is true that emergency vehicles can change a light from red to green, if they need to proceed through an intersection. Is this true, or is it just a myth that people now believe to be true? Also, if this is true,… Read More

Thank you to Jamie Crabtree and Karen Pifher, Creative Community Consultants, Frazee Area Community Club, city staff, local businesses and Countless volunteers, all of whom made this year’s Turkey Days so much fun! Five days of celebrating gave everyone, those that live here and those that came to visit, an opportunity to get out and… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Chief…Continued from last week…As I was saying there is more to the bear story. When the news first broke in the local paper, officer’s names were mentioned online but were soon taken out of the article due to backlash from across the country.   The police department received… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver In a weekend that I could have sworn would be dominated by family-friendly franchise fare “Freakier Friday,” it was R-rated horror movie “Weapons” pulling off the upset. What happened here? I know stars Julia Garner and Josh Brolin have important roles in the MCU, but were they such draws without Garner… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen Summer vacation is a great reminder of the simpler things in life. There are family trips, extra time with your kids and a chance to enjoy some additional daylight after work. Summer vacation is also an annual reminder that many of us have no idea what the younger generation is doing… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Notes from the Chief…As you saw from last week’s report, Turkey Days went off pretty well. I told you I was going to talk about other Turkey Days from the past, so here we go.   About five years ago, there was a car that decided to take the shortcut and… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The term “mad as a hatter” predates Lewis Carroll’s character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. (Where it was used.) It refers to the 18th and 19th-century hat-making industry win England, where hatters used a mercury nitrate to treat fur, exposing the workers to toxic fumes that caused mercury poisoning. This condition… Read More

By Cora Hoffer senior policy associate,  Center for Rural Affairs Energy affordability and reliability are being threatened in rural America, with costly consequences for families, farmers, and small-town economies. On July 23, the U.S. Department of Energy rescinded a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line designed to deliver power across the Midwest, including low-cost… Read More

By Steven Bradley author of Subverting the Republic The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take up Louisiana v. Callais (No. 24-109), a case that may seem far removed from your local city council, school board, or county commission but don’t be fooled. The outcome of this case could shape how political power is carved up in… Read More