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Our community will be asked to vote on two requests for funding from our Owatonna school district. I will be voting yes to both questions and …
To the editor:
To the editor:
If you think white supremacy movements are just a problem in the South or in pockets of Michigan, Idaho and Oregon, think again.
This is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and, yes, awareness months can feel inauthentic and forced, but I can’t think of a bet…
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There are four open seats on the Medford School Board. Read more
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Five candidates are running for two open seats on the Medford City Council. Read more
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Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon today announced a suite of tools to expand opportunities for voting to voters with disabilities. “The right to vote is a right for everyone who is eligible, no matter what method they use” said Secretary Simon. “These resources will make exercising th… Read more
Autumn, with its changing colors and temperatures that encourage us to move indoors, is a natural time to slow down and contemplate life. At S…
Anyone who doesn’t think human trafficking is a problem in the small-town Midwest should read J.D. Erickson’s entertaining and enlightening no…
For a variety of reasons, school choice is winning this year. Through school choice, parents are given the opportunity to choose great schools…
Someday this pesky pandemic will be behind us, but while we still understand the whole sequestered, social distancing, million rule implicatio…
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Understanding how your future retirement might affect your spouse is important. Here are a few things to remember when you’re planning for you…
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Since Aug. 1, the Owatonna People’s Press has been charging for letters to the editor that relate to candidates for office. These letters are …
Back in a small North Dakota town years ago, three cars of teenage boys and a few girls were roaming around one school night, looking for a Ha…
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Evidence of an impending winter creeps at our doorsteps. Our trees are starting to lose their leaves and we are preparing for the first snowfa…
Like many Minnesotans, I grew up pheasant hunting, walking the fields on my family’s farm. It was, and is, a tradition passed from one generat…
I looked for toad feathers.
Democracy is boring. There are a lot of rules. Policy is weedsy. Electioneering is repetitive. And there are way too many meetings.
With more than one million people affected with Parkinson’s disease in the United States today, there are many issues that caregivers are eith…
Although your focus is probably on providing care for your loved one, it is important to think about and prepare for your own future caregivin…
This nice fall weather has helped me get my fall chores done without freezing to death like in other years. In this article, I will share some…
If you’re a farmer or rancher whose operation has been directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, consider applying for the second round of t…
President Donald Trump has so far appointed fewer women as federal judges than any president since Ronald Reagan. In the Senate confirmation h…
When you don’t truly believe that all the people count, it only makes sense not to count all the people.
In the latest attempt to silence conversations about race and gender equity deemed “anti-American,” President Trump issued an executive order …
