The first annual New York Mills Wrestling Alumni Shoot was held this past Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Rush Lake Range, LLC. Great times and a lot of great memories were shared. It was a special day to be involved in the New York Mills Wrestling Family! Like many things in life, you had to be… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Men are trouble shooters by nature, by design, by, well any trouble somewhere else, and not with us. Step aside. Let me fix that. Whether we know it or not…and we usually don’t….it’s one of the things about us that drives women crazy. With which we drive women crazy. It’s in our nature…. Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I work for a street department and we had a question come up on the safety committee about how far away an exhaust pipe has to be from a window.   We have some trucks that have a hot box on the back that we use in the winter to… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener In June, the University of Minnesota had a research team that was willing to come to your house and dig up some grubs. 200 gardeners offered their yards, more than the U had teams for. The problem with grubs isn’t just that they destroy our lawns, but the June beetles they… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As it turns out, “duct” tape was originally manufactured back in the late thirties and early forties for the U.S. Army to use. It had no name at first, but it soon became known as “duck” tape. The reasons for that are not clear, but one possibility is that since this… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hello, I am part of a group sponsoring a family from the Ukraine.  They arrived a couple weeks ago and we have met with the state offices to get them lined up with social security numbers, work permits, etc. The husband and wife both have current driver licenses from Ukraine. … Read More

Everything Old is New Again Lois Wiirre As I was unable to go blueberry picking this year due to health issues, a very good friend that lives northeast of Park Rapids saved the day. He picked two ice cream pails for me. Oh what a great blessing—I have enough to last the winter. We can all remember… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Gardeners, are we really being invaded by aliens? Alien plants, and animals that is.  Well, probably not. At least according to Felicia Parsons, a horticulturist. She says about 95 percent of the animal species currently in South America are believed to have evolved from animals that migrated from North America millennia… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Sammy the Septic System contacted me this morning. He was upset. And when 1500 gallons of s…, umm, stuff is upset, one should pay attention. Perhaps you’re wondering how it is that such things as washers and dryers and furnaces and even septic systems communicate with me. I don’t really know…. Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: We are well into summer, but can you please talk about some basic vehicle checks? I stopped to help someone who had broken down alongside the road the other day, and they had no clue to what I thought was common sense stuff: coolant, fluids, battery maintenance and lights. Thanks… Read More