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Kelly Nesvold: Pacers helped make 50-mile run a success

Well, we are a couple weeks removed from completing our 50-mile training run that began at the Church ...

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Letter: Efficiencies must come first in transportation

Minnesota’s economy and our region depend on the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. The Minnesota ...

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Others’ Opinions: More storms, but no special session

Were it not for some foresighted lawmaking by the 2014 Legislature, Gov. Mark Dayton almost certainly would be ...

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YMCA swim team begins season Oct. 6

Does your child love the water? Do they enjoy personal achievement? Did they watch the summer Olympics and ...

Education

Community ed a chance for growth

Albert Einstein said, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Community education provides classes from ...

Editorials

Others’ Opinion: Foreign students boost Minnesota’s economy

Minnesota colleges have long been known for sending a sizable share of their students abroad to study, with ...

Al Batt

Al Batt: Feeding birds won’t slow migration

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting: Do you know the difference between a chicken and an opossum? No. ...

Columnists

Wishing our students well in 2014-15

This week marked the beginning of a new school year — another opportunity for every child to learn, ...

Best Bets

Best Bets: Walks, hogs, carnivals and more

School has started, but that doesn’t mean summer fun has ended just yet. There’s plenty to see and ...

Al Batt

Al Batt: To neighbor boy, textbooks are as good as mystery novels

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting: I want two hamburgers. How do you want them? One with onions and one without. Which ...

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Fall into a new pair of running shoes

It’s September, and the kids are going back to school and you have purchased them shoes for school ...

Columnists

Consider giving to Convoy of Hope

“It is not how much we have but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” —Charles Spurgeon By ...

Columnists

First day is first step to bright future

It is time for the students to load up their back-packs, dress up in their new clothes and ...

Columnists

Medical advances are tax dollars at work for us

As the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral on social media over the past few weeks, it ...

Al Batt

Al Batt: Frowning means exercise

It takes 43 muscles to frown and only 17 to smile.

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