Jessica Grimes, M.D. Tri-County Health Care The last year has been full of ups and downs. In addition to taking care of COVID-19 patients, we’re trying our best to get patients vaccinated while sifting through a cloud of misinformation. Our current situation is unsettling, but it still shouldn’t deter those in need. I have personally observed many… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Not only is gardening good exercise, but it can also improve your health in other ways.  Home grown fruits and vegetables can really pack an immunity punch. An immunity garden is a grow-your- own kitchen garden with a careful selection of plants that have been proven to boost your immune system…. Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen The older I get the less I enjoy going outside when temperatures dip 30 degrees below zero. Last week’s temperatures was about as much as I could take, especially when the dogs need exercise and the kids want to play outside on our sledding hill. Not everyone is quite as boring… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Freelance Writer While I’m totally preoccupied with worry about whether or not the planet is going to be  annihilated by a rogue comet, or maybe poorly-understood dark matter might obliterate us, or maybe even whether or not we are cooked by a sudden EMP (ElectroMagneticPulse) from our sun, another concern is… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My wife slid off the state highway this morning. She came to a stop in the median ditch, unhurt but rattled—only needing to be pulled out. When she called me I told her to call the State Patrol and stay in the car until you arrived. What is the right… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective Chad Koenen We finished the last newspaper of 2021 prior to the Christmas holiday. By the time the newspaper went to print I was in Amarillo, Texas (feel free to start humming the George Straight song “Amarillo By Morning” any time now). By the time you received your newspaper I was somewhere near… Read More

Alan “Lindy” Linda Freelance Writer A long time ago, one of our neighborhood friends out here in farming country invited me over to her place for a bonfire. “We always have one,” she said. It was February, I said. “It’s my birthday,” she said. It’s 12 below zero, I said. But, heck, I’d never been to… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: What is the law in regards to pushing snow from ones driveway out onto the road? Answer: It is illegal to place snow from a driveway on or next to a public highway or street. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds everyone, “The placing of snow on or near a public… Read More

Alan “Lindy” Linda Freelance Writer Let’s compare fuel costs. LP (liquified petroleum gases) is varying quite a bit, depending upon whether you summer fill, own your own tank, lease, etc. I figure cost at pennies per Btu. (I use pennies; it breaks down more understandably.) Let’s do the price at $2.35 gallon, or 235 pennies. You… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Now that winter is here, can you talk about winter travel safety? Answer: Snow and ice can make driving a bit more challenging, even if you grew up here. It not only involves knowing what to do while your vehicle is in motion, but preparing carefully before you leave the house… Read More