By Al Cross Special to the Forum I love social media. They keep me in touch with dozens of friends, whom I might otherwise have contact with just every few years, or every few decades. They let me share articles that I think bring greater understanding of a subject, usually with a comment of my own, and enjoy similar… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Some of you know that I’ve spent the last few winters in a small mobile home in a small trailer court in Ft. Myers, Florida. I own the home, pay rent on the lot, like everyone else in this situation. You also know at this point that the hurricane that just hit… Read More

By Ryan Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church Do you remember what it was like when you were a kid and it was recess time?  A group of friends gather to play a game; you know kickball or maybe some basketball.  And two kids would start the process by saying, “I’m captain!” And then they started to do the… Read More

To the Editor, Decades of failed mental health policies have placed law enforcement on the front line of mental health crisis response and turned jails and prisons into the new asylums. Deinstitutionalization, treatment laws demanding a person become violent before intervention, discriminatory Federal Medicaid funding policies and the prolonged failure by states to fund their mental… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question 1: I have noticed cars that have a high-mounted center brake light that flashes about 4 times before becoming steadily lit (like other brake lights). I’m seeing car dealers are installing them on some cars. Are these flashing lights legal?  Answer 1: These types of devices and alterations to the brake… Read More

Thanks to everyone that attended the Snellman Days celebration., It was an enjoyable time for all of us to visit with neighbors and friends that we grew up with and don’t always get time to get together.

By Pastor Ryan  Stockstrom Harvest Fellowship Church At different times in life, especially low moments, we might ask the question, do I matter?  Is there anyone who cares about me?  Do I have a purpose?   We’ll come back those questions in a moment.  There’s a set of scriptures that has always intrigued me. Jesus spoke them in Matthew… Read More

To the Editor, The letter below was a “Letter to the Editor” in the Frazee Forum in August or September of 2017. In October of 2017, the “Frazee Public Nuisance/Property Maintenance Committee” was established by the Frazee City Council. The committee was made up of about half city officials and half community members. I was a… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As quite a few of you know, I read a lot. Don’t care what. Might be Chinese history; might be the history of British politics. Or about what’s really, really inside an atom’s nucleus.  If it pops up in front of me, I read it. As I’ve consumed various kinds of fiction–novels,… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Why are so many vehicles allowed to be on Minnesota roads with only a rear license plate? This seems to be especially true of late model expensive makes (Tesla, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, etc.). Isn’t the lack of a front plate a primary offense and the vehicle therefor subject to a… Read More