Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I heard some talk about new car seat laws and how kids are to be seat belted. Can you explain it in depth please?   Answer: Yes I can and as a matter of fact it is National Child Passenger Safety Week. Here is some information that we shared on our… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I’ve written about some of the fun stuff I’ve found in my life. But a lot of the best stuff?  That is stuff I’ve found while on my daily walk down the road. A while ago, while walking along the road, I found a partially torn up letter.   Hmmmm. I pieced… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Mother nature hasn’t been very nice to her gardeners this summer. First, she tried to fry us and now to drown us. Still, there are chores that need to be done now to prevent problems next growing season. Keep ahead of the weeds, especially the annual grasses. Don’t let them go to… Read More

By Cedar Walters West Central Initiative Climate Officer Most of the time, it seems like climate change will affect someone else—somewhere far away. But climate change is already impacting our lives in the Midwest in many ways, including our respiratory health. Increases in average summer temperatures have lengthened the growing season by an average of 20 days since… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda It was early summer, one of the very first 80-plus-degree days, and by 4:00 that afternoon, I’d had one service call too many. One too many dairy farmers who thought there was something wrong with his milk bulk tank. Refrigerated bulk tanks, for those of you who are not familiar with… Read More

By Cedar Walters West Central Initiative Climate Officer Most of the time, it seems like climate change will affect someone else—somewhere far away. But climate change is already impacting our lives in the Midwest in many ways, including our respiratory health. Increases in average summer temperatures have lengthened the growing season by an average of 20 days since… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda My mother was born in North Dakota, in the middle of The Great Depression, at a time when it was “Root hog or die.” Times were tough. Banks were failing. Drought was everywhere, and then the grasshoppers came. “My job was to watch the bunch of turkeys we were raising,” said my… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Did you notice an odd “blossom” on a plant? Does it look like a green spiny globe?  A witch’s-broom like flower, a sort of spiny, green globe? That plant has aster yellows and needs to be dug up before it spreads to your other flowers. This disease is caused by phytoplasma,… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I heard the Minnesota State Patrol got a new design for your patches and squad cars. Can you talk about that?   Answer: You are correct. For the first time in more than 50 years, the Minnesota State Patrol has a new look.   Last year when the Minnesota Legislature approved a… Read More

Thank you to everyone for their concern, encouragement, cards, thoughts and prayers as Elman and our family have gone through this unbelievable journey. The kindness and support of everyone has been wonderful. Thank you so much.  Elman, Rosemary and our families