FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Alcorn: Enjoy the teenagers at businesses
I miss the teenage kids. I miss them from retail businesses each fall when they return to school, ...
Best Bets
Best Bets: Pizza, magic and humbling honors
The county has plenty in store for this weekend, whether people are into magic, music, comedy, running or ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Poppe: Budget deal makes good on promises to voters
As we enter the final days of the 2013 legislative session before our adjournment on May 20, we’re ...
Al Batt
The longer the story, the shorter the hair
Echoes from the Loafers Club Meeting: “I watched the movie Groundhog Day last night.” “Again? You watch that ...
Columnists
Alcorn: Read what’s written, not others’ opinions
A great number of readers of the Internet are more influenced — and negatively — by uncivil “reader ...
Archive
Haste when budgeting equates to waste
Word from the Capitol towards week’s end was that Gov. Dayton and legislative leaders were working closely to ...
Columnists
Remember to thank Mom on Sunday
Please do not forget this Sunday is Mother’s Day. It takes only a card or call that will ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Letter: More work needed on energy policies
Six years ago, the state came together in a bipartisan way to pass landmark policies to advance renewable ...
Editorials
Our Opinion: House is overreaching with anti-bullying law
The Minnesota House’s unfortunate decision to support a new law regulating how school districts monitor and suppress bullying ...
Al Batt
Sometimes horses run faster than we can ride
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting: “How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky? Is it Louieville or ...
Editorials
Our Opinion: Go Wild for hockey
If you are not a hockey fan, perhaps now is the time to become one. The Minnesota Wild ...
Columnists
Carnations, pansies on Mothers Day
I learned the meaning of Mothers Day the way my father taught most of what I learned from ...
FEATURE SPOT -- COLUMN
Higher revenues needed to support children, families with disabilities
By Aaron DeVries Maple Island My wife, my two children, and I went to St. Paul Thursday April ...
Best Bets
Best Bets: Book buying and computers dying
It’s time to unplug this weekend, in some cases literally, and dig into a good book, some good ...
SportsPlus
Suns vs. Timberwolves Tickets Available – Wednesday, Jan. 29
Two of the NBA’s best players will be going head to head when Devin Booker (25.2 points per…
January 16 NHL TV Schedule: TV Channel, Start Times & Live Streaming Options
In a Thursday NHL schedule that includes plenty of competitive matchups, the Washington Capitals versus the Ottawa Senators…
How to Watch the NBA Today, January 16
There are five contests on today’s NBA schedule, among them the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Oklahoma City Thunder.…
NBA Spread and Total Picks for Today, January 16
Today’s NBA lineup features top teams in action. Among the games is the Indiana Pacers squaring off against…
How to Watch Top 25 College Basketball Games – Thursday, January 16
The Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Oregon State Beavers square off for one of three games on the college…