Like her or not, Sonia Sotomayor was very judgelike this week as she faced days of questioning by United States legislators. During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings regarding her nomination to the US Supreme Court, she has listened attentively to senators as they rambled on and on, expressing their own opinions about why she should—or should not—express her opinion […]

t h e good n ews   Yes, Deb, news of a drown-ing at Temperance River is bound to get one’s attention, whether you’ve lived here one year or fifteen years. I was sit-ting at my desk in the base-ment when Linda called down on the intercom. While she was on the phone with her dad the Call Waiting ID […]

The women in last week’s picture of the 1938 4th of July parade have been identified as: (L-R) Mary Sjoberg Ridgeway, Gladys Tormondsen Murphy, Virginia Ammerman, June Blackwell Brownell, and Vivian Gilbertsen. Would you like to help identify people in old photos at the Cook County Historical Society? There will be a series of coffees held this fall and winter […]

  This song starts out innocently enough, a visit from a friend—Yee-ha! But…if you know the rest of the story eventually you have to wear scratchy pajamas, sleep with a snoring Grandma and kill the old red rooster, chop, chop. Welcome to my world. We happen to have (had) a very mean rooster. In the yard he attacked the kids […]

It is that time of summer when my wife and I begin to plan our late summer and fall schedule. During this time, I am always trying to see if I can find a way to get to a professional ball game of some sort, whether it is the Minnesota Twins or the Vikings. My son Adam has two passions […]

  Last week I wrote about a 4th of July to remember, and it was. The fireworks were spectacular, the weather was perfect, and I sunk my boat. I was not quite ready to admit my blatant stupidity in last week’s column, but I guess time heals all wounds, even to the ego. My friend Emily and I were heading […]