Opinions
This year’s Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 75 teachers, among them our own Alice Nevins of Pierz Public Schools and Ann Hutchison of the Pillager School District! Our community’s teacher have worked valiantly to make this past year a productive and educational one for our...
We’ve had another busy week at the Legislature and I believe we can expect an announcement that will ease some restrictions on restaurants, businesses, weddings and other venues.
One other thing I wanted to draw attention to from this week is the legislation that was offered by Senator Osmek: SF04...
To the Editor:
Governor Walz said the following about his proposed budget for Minnesota in an online story from KSTP Eye Witness News: “Not every Minnesotan was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic equally. We know the COVID-19 pandemic hit our working families, small businesses, and students...
To the Editor:
It’s time to raise the minimum wage. Yes, that is correct. Right now, in the middle of an economic recession, when eight million additional people have fallen into poverty since last summer, it is time to raise the minimum wage. It is time to raise both the federal minimum wage...
Your local school district has completed over a month with students back in our buildings including three weeks with full in-person learning and we are pleased to report that things are going well. This week’s column will give “elbow bumps” to some deserving folks.
Students - Our students have...
Session Update
Last week I offered an amendment that would end the severe restrictions on wedding venues imported by Governor Walz’s executive order earlier this month. Currently, indoor wedding venues are limited to 10 people or two households if food is served, while restaurants and bars can...
We are a few weeks into the 2021 session and already are hitting hard against the Governor’s and House Democrats’ agenda to increase taxes and adopt California Emissions Standards. The Senate has also forged ahead to provide Voter ID for Minnesotans – if we must have government-issued ID to get the...
Your local School Board made the difficult decision to not accept a grant that would have allowed us to work with the City of Long Prairie to place an officer in our buildings; this week’s column will review that decision.
The ad hoc committee co-chaired by Amy VanValkenburg and Ted Gray met and...
I recently had a dental appointment, prior to the appointment, I was asked to fill out a one sized fits all, medical information form. One of the questions required me to check a box for my gender, imagine the shock to my partly Norwegian sensibilities when I discovered there were three choices to...
Professional. Efficient. Friendly. Even calm and relaxing. Those are the words that I’d use to describe the COVID 19 vaccination clinic organized by Todd County Public Health last week. And, from the reports we’ve had, the clinic the week before ran just as smoothly.
So, I say hats off to the...
