Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: When it comes to the registration stickers on your license plate, are they called tabs or tags?   Answer: Good question. The Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) refers to them as tabs and/or stickers. I personally call them tabs. Although it does make me think of the ‘90s Aaron Tippin… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The Widow Fistula, in case you’ve forgotten, lives in Boatville. She lives alone, ever since her husband, Pickle Pete, who ran The Gherkin Factory, fell—or jumped, depending upon your view of her personality– into a vat of prime dills and perished. The Widow believes in personal education, and along that line she… Read More

Words can not express how grateful we are for our family, friends and community for their support after the passing of our mother, grandmother, great grandmother Glenda Gilster. We were blessed with many calls, texts, cards, flowers and prayers. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  The family of Glenda (Bernu) Gilster David and Karlene Gilster Sarah… Read More

Thank you so much to all who organized, volunteered or attended the benefit suppers for our daughter, Lucille. We are overwhelmed by the love and support our wonderful community and surrounding communities have shown us. We are so grateful to all of you, your support is very uplifting. We are blessed with the best people… Read More

To the Editor, We all want to ensure a dependable energy future for Minnesota. However, the Democrats’ 100 percent carbon-free energy proposal would not help advance this mission, and instead, could severely jeopardize our energy outlook.   Senate File 4, fittingly known as the “Minnesota Blackout Bill,” would mandate our state’s electricity to be from carbon-free sources…. Read More

To the Editor, I am writing this for the seniors that play cards on Thursday afternoon. Every year we have the same problem. It is cold cold in the senior center.  We wear two, three layers of clothing but that does nothing for the hands that shuffle the cards.  Sure, it is warm in the kitchen while people… Read More

By Lois Wiirre Special to the Dispatch On the farm in January it is fun to spend a day sliding down hills. It is a traditional winter activity that is enjoyed by kids and kids-at-heart. The choices on the farm are as follows: inner tube, flying saucer, toboggan, old car hood (it would hold five or six… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Read the book “An Air That Kills” by Andrew Schneider and David McCumber, and you may be afraid to start  seeds. The danger to most hobby gardeners is falling off a ladder, tripping over a hoe or cutting a toe off when digging a hole. We never think about what we… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Over the years, as fate has provided me with many and varied situations in which I had to make a choice between which to do, which to say, which to eat, which to write, I’ve accumulated some information. The information I’ve collected generally involves what someone else has said to me, as… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Valentines day is just around the corner, so you probably thinking about flowers for that special person. Red roses are the first flower that comes to mind for valentine flowers as they symbolize love. Even the guy who can’t tell a mum from a delphinium, knows what a rose is. Red roses… Read More