Everything Old is New Again Lois Wiirre By Lois Wiirre Special to the Dispatch On one recent trip to town, I was in the check-out aisle and found myself in between three avid deer hunters. They started talking about zones, license cost, deer stands, knives, party hunters, and if they had the orange hunting clothes on the clothes… Read More

Tucker’s Telegram Tucker Henderson Recently, I had the privilege of attending a tour of the Fergus Falls State Hospital Cemetery given by Chris Schulke from the Otter Tail County Historical Society. I have been meaning to attend one of these occasional tours for about five years, but never seemed to line up right. In October, it… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda One of my science magazines has a marvelous article on the new James Webb Space Telescope, which was put into deep space recently. Suddenly, light from galaxies that formed very close to the theoretical beginnings of the universe are being seen. Theoretical? Sure, the Big Bang theory is just that, a theory…. Read More

Lard the Size of an Egg is a series based on stories collected from New York Mills community members by historian and writer Chris Marcotte.  Marcotte spent six weeks in September and October at the Cultural Center Retreat House working on her 1897 murder mystery. Most of the stories Marcotte compiled while there focus on… Read More

We wish to thank everyone for all the thoughts, prayers, food, cards and flowers. Special thanks to Knute Nelson Hospice for the excellent care that was given to Allen. Also special thanks to Jon and Kathy for the use of their Ice Castle fish house. We sure appreciated it. Thank you Pastor Nick for the… Read More

Lard the Size of an Egg is a series based on stories collected from New York Mills community members by historian and writer Chris Marcotte.  Marcotte spent six weeks in September and October at the Cultural Center Retreat House working on her 1897 murder mystery. Most of the stories Marcotte compiled while there focus on… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Snow and ice are a fact of life for us Minnesotans. Generally, harsh winter weather results in more overall traffic crashes than the warmer months because of “fender benders.” The months of December, January and February can see more crashes than other months. Our Homeland Security and Emergency Management division and… Read More

By Chris Marcotte Special to the Dispatch Lard the size of an egg is how a second cousin of mine described the amount of lard to use for her pie crust. This recipe was passed on to her from her great-grandmother, and though all recipes today are altered to standard measurements, her no nonsense term always makes… Read More

Tucker’s Telegram Tucker Henderson This past week a pioneering mover and shaker of the Finnish American community passed away. Darrel Nicholson, who was 80 years old, passed away on Nov. 9 in Minneapolis, Minn. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, Spanish teacher, author, and musician among other things. Locally, he was known as the project director… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda One of the good things about deer hunting is that Cousin J. comes to visit. It gives us a chance to sit in my heated deer stand and, well, chat. (Real men don’t chat, you know. Just so you know.) We talked.  In the process, since he’s a fellow Vietnam veteran, we… Read More