Quirky fears—we all have them and anyone who boldly exclaims they are not afraid of anything either never gets out of the house, or is a lying fool. Most of our fears are pretty common like being afraid of spiders, clowns or my perpetual fear of falling to my death any time I get more… Read More

I’m sitting on the sofa, looking out the window, at a field that is rented to an Amish neighbor. It is fall. The field is full of stacked “teepee” bundles of field corn, where it will sit and dry until he is ready for it. I remember, growing up and coming home from country school… Read More

5 years ago Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 New York Mills High School welcomed two new additions to their student body this year. Foreign exchange students, Charlotte Holmstroem and Maria Garriga Matas, are staying with local families while they experience high school in the United States.  Holmstroem hails from Hoejbjerg, Denmark and is staying with the… Read More

Support New  YorkMills School  referendum To the Editor, When I got hired at New York Mills Public Schools to be the new 5th-12th grade band teacher, I uncontrollably burst into tears. Not because it was my forever dream to teach in New York Mills, but because this was the culmination of multiple years of applying… Read More

Question: First, thank you for sharing our concerns on traffic safety.  I see an increase in drivers not accelerating to enter the main flow of traffic, until they are on the main roadway.  This also happens, but less often, when exiting the main flow by slowing down before in the exiting lane.  This recently happened… Read More

5 years ago Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 While most people were getting ready for work on Monday morning, Molly Costin and Julia Snyder were already well on their way to running 26.2 miles through the heart of Boston, Mass. Costin and Snyder were just two of the approximately 30,000 people who competed in the Boston… Read More

I think yard sales, or garage or rummage sales, or whatever you call them, are probably two very opposite things. 1. They’re a great way to make money off junk. Or 2. They’re a great way to lose money on junk. A very wise Finnish descendant who could come up with sayings that reflected much… Read More

5 years ago Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 Dot Schwartz has become just as much of the Minnesota State Fair as corn dogs, cheap milk and those little cookies that are sold by the bucket. For the better part of a half century, Schwartz has rarely missed a state fair. Thanks to a donation from one… Read More

Ballot: What the referendum really means for NYM Public School To the Editor, On Tuesday, Nov. 3, New York Mills residents will vote on three referendum questions that would shape the future of our school district. Yet many people are surprised to learn exactly what each question includes. Before you cast your ballot, here are… Read More

By Benjay Hamm Special to the Forum When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers.  With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing their communities about what… Read More