I participated in the first-ever Earth Day on April 22, 1970, which once again dates me. Growing environmental awareness that year benefited from other grassroots movements triggered by anti-war protests.
Columns
What do April showers bring? Estimates for roof repair.
Friday evening’s “Second Chance Prom” was billed as a fundraiser for the St. Peter Chamber of Commerce. It was much more than that for some of us.
Question: I heard the Minnesota State Patrol is carrying around some stuff to help people that might have an issue with opioid abuse. Can you talk more about that? Thanks for all you do!
Newspapers are reluctant to cover newspaper-related topics because the news is not usually about us; it’s about issues that affect readers. Our role has been pretty simple for the last two and a half centuries: keep citizens informed of the news in their communities and hold government offic…
Letters to the Editor
I am property owner in rural LeCenter, live in Montgomery, and am the grandparent of 8 children in the TCU district! Our schools absolutely NEED the additions/repairs that are included in the February 13 Referendum. My grandchildren have heard from their friends who attend TCU LeCenter that …
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Editorials
In the last couple of weeks, the local law enforcement community has taken a significant hit. With the retirements of Deputy Dave Struckman and Sheriff Dave Tietz, Le Sueur County has said goodbye to two of its finest.
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Last May we supported the first of two Cleveland School District construction bond referendums.
In late 2015, Le Sueur County Administrator Darrell Pettis spent hours developing his year-end budget presentation, the pages of charts designed to help unfamiliar readers understand where the millions of dollars included in the 2016 plan would come from and where they would go.
The following is a reprint of a now-famous letter and editorial response that first appeared on the editorial page of the “New York Sun,” written in 1897. Happy holidays!