By Cedar Walters West Central Initiative Climate Officer Take a quick look around the room. How many plastic objects can you find? Chances are, it’s at least in the dozens. And every single piece of plastic produced, unless it is in the percentage of trash that is incinerated, still exists in some form today. Just like a… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I suppose it’s because I’ve just finished a grueling couple of months finding proper replacement socks, my old ones finally showing signs of thinness, what with my big toes poking out the ends. Finding proper socks turned out to be very difficult. How difficult, you ask? Well, I’m allergic—or at least my… Read More

To the Editor, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS BE AWARE: If you own any size real property in Otter Tail County, please be advised that our County Commissioners intend to make changes to the “Subdivision Controls Ordinance of Otter Tail County.” The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 24, 2024 at 7 pm. in the Commissioners’ Room at the… Read More

The pretty young woman at the library handed me back the book I was checking out. She had affixed a sticky note to it, which said: “DO NOT DESENSITIZE.” Do not desensitize? Being as how I’m a male raised by a female, trained by a Tribe of Girls, cautioned for years about sexual bigotry in the… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener For decades, we never had to worry about adding sulfur to our soil. “Dirty air” from atmospheric deposits fell using rain as a carrier. The 1990 Clean Air act forced the removal of millions of tons of sulfur emissions from U.S. factories. The result is that now we need to add… Read More

To the Editor,  My Independent petition to qualify for the Seventh District congressional ballot in November was close, but we didn’t make it. I received 924 signatures in the two-week signing period. 1,000 were required. That’s my fault. If I had talked with 100 more people, then we would have. The people who signed and then… Read More

To the Editor, Every election has its anxieties and fears but not attacks on the very foundation of our democratic nation. We have just gone thru a very significant trial of an ex-president who was found guilty of all 34 counts of a felony indictment. The trial was a model in professionalism by judge, prosecutors, witnesses… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There’s a lot of focus lately on immigration, and although mostly it’s about the USA-Mexican border, I think maybe there’s something  there for us here in Minnesota, too. Specifically, I think there should be a better process to determine whether or not someone from some other states can survive here in… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I have a question pertaining to insurance cards being shown during a traffic stop, in regards to commercial/business or fleet vehicles. Most of these companies provide general insurance cards that do not include the vehicle identification number (VIN). I would like to know if there is a requirement for the… Read More

I enlisted as an 11C, or Indirect Fire Infantryman, at the start of my senior year of high school in September of 2017. I was 17 years old at the time, and excited to see what the Army National Guard could teach me and the opportunities it could give me. After finishing my senior year… Read More