“Raya and the Last Dragon” was the first movie I saw in a New York City theater in nearly a year. No testing the waters with small-scale releases for us, we got a major Disney animated feature on the first day theaters were reopened.  And, I’d like to take this moment to thank the staffs of… Read More

To the Editor, I congratulate you on publishing a very good small town newspaper. Newspaper seems to be going down the same road as the Dinosaur and I admire anyone who has the courage to undertake all the effort that goes into getting a newspaper out. My uncle was in the small town newspaper business and… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Well, again, I caught a little grief for a pretty lame article last week.  So, what is new on the farm this week. We are patiently waiting calving season.  We were expecting 76 babies but one mama expecting decided to up and die this week. After trying to do everything… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Feb. 26 6:21 p.m. Assist with a medical on Co Hwy 29. 6:40 p.m. Assist with a medical in town. 8:21 p.m. Welfare check on adult female who was not happy with current living situation. All was OK. Saturday, Feb. 27 5:22 p.m. Assist with getting a temporary stop sign up at W. Main… Read More

`I didn’t really grow up with the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. I was more into Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, but I understand the two pairs have similarly adversarial relationships.  `The key difference is that while Wile E. definitely wants to eat the Road Runner, I don’t think Tom the Cat would know what… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Around about 16 years ago there turned up a kitty cat at the farm that the boy and I took into our house.  We named her Kitti because I was too lazy to call her anything else, and it was a nice name for a 3-year-old to remember.  She was… Read More

“Judas and the Black Messiah” follows the Black Panther movement in Chicago in the late 1960’s. Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is spouting the kind of fiery rhetoric that could lead to social and political upheaval. What he wants is nothing short of a revolution. This naturally freaks out those dedicated to maintaining the status quo,… Read More

To the Editor, History is meant for reflection and healing­—not for repeating. Our never-ended Civil War was our first taste of religious extremism and overreach.  Christian fundamentalists considered slavery God’s will and a commodity, a market share and knee on your neck thing. The abolitionist progressive Christians were and are the promoters of the pesky Golden… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Feb. 12 1:19 p.m. Assist with looking for a stolen vehicle out of Detroit Lakes. 3:40 p.m. Assist Becker County Human Services. 8:50 p.m. Assist with a medical. 11:46 p.m. Assist with looking for a stolen vehicle from Perham. Saturday, Feb. 13 9:22 p.m. Suspicious vehicle at a residence on Balsam. 9:28 p.m. Domestic disturbance on… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief There have been several reports lately in the Fargo/Moorhead area of some suspicious activity regarding potential human trafficking.   Below is an article that I found online (www.allprodad.com) outlaying basic safety skills to keep us all safe.  This is more of a reminder and is a bit outdated.  I will have… Read More