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Community Salute: Holidays outside

Christmas at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center just feels right. On a night that had snow predicted ...

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Our opinion: Surplus needs proper attention

The news Tuesday of Minnesota’s $17.6 billion budget surplus  is once again welcome news and indicates a steady ...

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Community Salute: Hometown Holidays

Simply put, if you can’t find something to do in Austin this holiday season, you aren’t looking hard ...

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Our Opinion: Remember ice safety

On Monday, about 200 people were rescued from a chunk of ice that had broken away on Upper ...

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Community Salute: Community strong

There’s a common saying out there that goes: You don’t know what you got, until it’s gone. Luckily, ...

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Our opinion: Think big this Small Business Saturday

There is a pretty good chance that as you might be reading this, work has already begun on ...

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Community Salute: Business is strong

The Austin Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Dinner is one of the biggest Chamber events throughout the ...

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Community Salute: Teacher of the Year honors the profession

Once again, Austin Public Schools has revealed its Teacher of the Year, choosing early childhood special education teacher ...

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Community Salute: FFA team a model for perseverance

When you want something bad enough, a driven person will do what it takes. That is the overarching ...

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Paid political letter: National, state GOP talking points are shadowed

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” the saying goes.  Remember that when ...

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Community Salute: Continuing to shrink the digital divide

The grant from AT&T that was handed over to Austin Aspires earlier this week is just another notch ...

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Community salute: Alvarado-Guerrero a model of community service

No doubt like many, it’s sad to see Gema Alvarado-Guerrero leave her position with the Parenting Resource Center, ...

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Our Opinion: Take in a forum

Tuesday night was the first of two election forums hosted by the American Association of University Women. The ...

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Letter to the Editor: This November, vote with your stomach

All people eat, but not all people grow their own food. This simple truth means it’s critical that ...

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Community Salute: Getting the power back on

Earlier this week, we introduced three lineman: Jeff Martinson, Dillon Sprague and Trevor Herfindahl, who for over a ...

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