Opinion

Coal miners and gas and oil workers have been crying the blues of late but let me tell you they have nothing on the workers in the newspaper industry. Nothing.

Watching the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field meet, I could not help but be wowed by the blood, sweat, and tears on display as teenagers put their hearts, emotions, vulnerabilities, and bodies on the line to see what they could do. There was some drama: heart-breaking trip-ups, missed baton interchanges, knocked-down hurdles, post-race collapses. But for the most part, everyone just gave it 100% and you could tell by their faces. And their speed.

Do a good turn. Help your neighbor.

The local Renegade Riders Saddle Club hosted The Two Harbors Play Day on Saturday June 5th. The Tom Gow arena at the Lake County Fairgrounds smelled sweetly of horses and summer. It began with the American flag and delivered good clean fun for young and old.

Is leaking a crime? What a brouhaha! When someone at the U.S. Supreme Court leaked a draft copy of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion overruling Roe v.

Employment - Veterans Preference This week’s article is about a state benefit that may assist a Veteran during the hiring process. First and foremost, I am not a legal professional and am in no way providing legal counsel.

With recent heavy rainfalls in our area in the last month, the weather, and specifically precipitation has been on a lot of people’s minds and has been the topic of much conversation. When I was growing up, I remember many summers that would start wet, and end rather dry, close to being a drought. And my dad would talk about how we so desperately needed rain. And I would point out that strong thunderstorms were being forecasted, to which he would respond that, “Well, that’s ok. But it would be better if we had a day or two of a continuous, gentle rain, so that the ground would be soaked well, but not flooded.”

Cryptocurrency? If you take financial avice from this column, in the future, you may not be able to afford to read this column. That said… let’s talk digital currencies.

Is it the sun? The lilacs threatening to burst forth? All efforts to nurture our planet Earth seem to be coming together in delicious ways as the ground and trees turn green and the number of people ready to make personal changes or speak from the heart grows and grows. The world is full of possibility!