Opinions
To the Editor:
As I write another letter to the editor about violence, I shudder, and ask “when will it ever end, when will people treat others with respect, and when will we all learn to live together without violence?” As parents, we attempt to shelter our children from it, but it seems that...
I’m sitting here trying to think of the words that will best describe the overwhelming feelings of love and gratitude, I and my family, feel for our relatives, friends and people of our community, who turned out in such large, loving numbers, to support and console us in the loss of our wife and...
While Donald J. Trump continues to try to frighten the nation into building a pointless and highly expensive wall between the United States and Mexico, his family business continues to fire undocumented workers that they have illegally employed for years.
We first heard about this when the Trump...
The past couple of weeks have certainly reminded us that despite the mild start, winter is in full force in Minnesota and questions have been asked about how decisions are made for late starts, early dismissals and cancellations; this is the topic of this week’s column.
First of all, remember...
Walking the Towle road of life could not have been easy for my beautiful wife. Slightly more than a year after we were married, while pregnant with our first child, she suffered the anxiety, fear and loneliness of having her husband go off to war. We survived this period and were blessed with the...
Greetings from the Capitol where, before we get to legislative news, I want to put out a call to area residents to do anything they can to assist 17-year-old Jacob Fuhrman of Pierz.
You may have seen Jacob’s story in the media recently, but he has an extreme case of Tourette’s Syndrome and OCD. The...
To the Editor:
A few weeks ago, I read an article in the Leader in regards to sidewalks that aren't being shoveled out in the winter. If I recall correctly, it was the city officials that were warning people that if they don't keep their sidewalks clear of snow, the city would send a crew to...
To the Editor:
Believe it or not, our current weather is cause by hot air. As you can guess, our weather is much like the North Pole because it came from the North Pole. It is called the Polar Vortex. The Polar Vortex is normally a very tight area of extremely cold air rotating around the North...
To the Editor:
Now that Polar Vortex Jayden has moved on and we are headed for a brief warm up, we need our customer’s help.
Postal carriers have suffered serious injuries related to slips, trips and falls due to icy and snow covered walkways and porch steps. Preventing a slip or bad fall can be...
This is or will be a question on people’s mind after last week’s coldest weather in decades. This week’s edition of Kringen’s Korner will examine this question based on state law and it is important to note that Governor Walz has stated that he will not count days missed last week against schools...
