The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I’ve reached an age of balance. Not “balance” as in I do or don’t tip over, but “balance” in that conditions and situations in my life suddenly seem to have balance between them. Example: I’m retired, so there is more time to do stuff. Example: Therefore, I have more opportunity to use various… Read More

To the Editor, Thanks, Joe for your selfless decision to step down from the presidency in face of mounting concerns for your age over the next 4 years. This, in no way diminishes the greatness of your presidency which, although criticized by your opponents, will shine brightly by historians as a nation and democracy saving term… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver If nothing else, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is Disney taking a victory lap for acquiring 20th Century Fox and the Marvel properties it controlled. We got a taste of this last year in “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” when the advertising bragged about bringing in Patrick Stewart’s Professor X from… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Friday, July 19 11:06 p.m. Vehicle attempting to get some scrap materials from a local business which they said they had permission for. Officer suggested getting the items in the daylight. 11:31 p.m. Assist with a suicidal male. Saturday, July 20 3:15 p.m. Report of package not being delivered. Officer and tenant tried to… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I come from a farming background, having grown up in NE Iowa in the Fifties. One of the things I have more than a passing familiarity with is baling wire. You don’t hear or see that term much anymore, much less find many people with a working knowledge of it, or from… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Since I’ve moved to Minnesota, I’ve seen many drivers use right turn lanes as a bypass lane.  Is this legal or does the sign reading “lane must turn” mean exactly what it says? Answer: White signs are regulatory and failing to comply can result in a citation for “fail to obey… Read More

By Tyler Trieglaff Notes from the Chief Well good news…We may have found the young man who is missing the tip of his finger. Not sure if it can be reattached or not. On the other hand, I did have a male party ask me if we ever find an extra arm, that he could use one.  Turkey… Read More

To the Editor, The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe shares more boundary with the federally managed National  Forest System than any other Tribe in the United States, with 75 percent of the reservation border adjoining the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. Being in the North Woods, timber harvesting and forest management are important to the… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda “AMAZING!!!” So said the brochure which just came in the mail. “You can look and feel years younger—almost immediately.” Now be honest. Who among us doesn’t want to look younger? The “immediately” part, well, now, that’s just icing on the cake. Usually, looking younger takes time, sweat, and liposuction. Let’s read on: “Step… Read More

Garver’s Movie Review Bob Garver The gruesome horror movie “Longlegs” pulled something of an upset at this past weekend’s domestic box office. It wasn’t enough to upset “Despicable Me 4” for the #1 spot, but it did do the best among new releases. Great reviews were seemingly enough to pull the family-unfriendly indie darling into the… Read More