The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda We, the USA, are rapidly turning into a service economy.  We’re all selling insurance, cooking hamburgers, and trying to keep the products running that we import from overseas. There’ll still be lawyers, because sometimes we don’t do those things well. There’ll still be teachers, because someone has to teach lawyers. There’ll still… Read More

Public school administrators and board of education members across the country face tough decisions when it comes to addressing how to pay for the repair or replacement of aging equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure. The direct pay provision in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) enables schools and other tax-exempt groups to receive certain clean energy and climate-related… Read More

I would like to thank everyone that came to my birthday party and also for the cards and gifts. God Bless You, Arlice Wirth

To the Editor, I may be getting old enough that I don’t go out to hunt – as much as I used to do. But having that freedom gave us something to look forward to every fall! Now there seems to be a lot of concern on keeping our 2nd amendment rights. Though not the Primary reason… Read More

Felicia Teiken If you’ve ever had one of those weeks where you’re doing loads of fun things but can’t shake the feeling that you should really be at home applying for jobs, well, welcome to my life. For the last year, I’ve been in job search limbo, where I’ve applied to literally hundreds of jobs…. Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Actor win for Joaquin Phoenix. I recall respecting the movie for Phoenix’s performance and the inspired idea to paint him as a Scorsese-style antihero,… Read More

Notes from the Farm…All the cows and calves are home and eating our third crop hayfields that we did not cut and bale. They can also munch on a couple corn fields that have been chopped for silage.  We will put the cows on a different corn field once we run the combine through that field. … Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The weird and different ways people have of predicting the weather have always entertained me. First, though, you have to realize that I grew up a couple of growing zones south of here, where it didn’t get as cold, and if it did, it didn’t hang around as long. It was still… Read More

To the Editor, Farm to School is a win for students, a win for farmers, and a win for communities. It strengthens our food system and our local economies, and it provides opportunities for students to develop new skills, such as agricultural or livestock production, and marketing, business, and entrepreneurship. Over the past decade, the farm to… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, Sept. 27 7:54 a.m. Traffic stop for turn signal out. 8:28 a.m. Report of a school bus stop arm violation on Lake St. S. 11:26 a.m. Gas line hit behind city hall. Minnesota Energy on scene to take care of the issue. 4:31 p.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation. 4:59 p.m. Traffic stop… Read More