Low income housing

Housing, yes we need low income housing. We do not need another authority created (HRA) to do what we know needs to be done: open our thought process, revise zoning, decide as a community that this is so important that we need to do this. Then, use what we have, what we know, and who we already have on the […]

Writer opposes Bursheim

It’s hard to believe what some folks will say just to get themselves elected. They must think we haven’t been paying attention to what they’ve actually done while they’ve been supposedly representing us. Take Commissioner Bursheim, you’d think we’d all be set for life, nothing to worry about. He’s evidently got everything under control since he came on board four […]

UCare update

In 2021, UCare’s market leading, individual Medicare Advantage plans to offer an attractive, wide-ranging portfolio – including new zero dollar premium and low-cost plans statewide, new supplement plans, and additional benefits for the same or lower premiums on existing plans. Stable or lower premiums, enhanced benefits and lower copays boost value. UCare, a community based, nonprofit health plan, currently serves […]

Weekly Weather

What the Republican party stands for

The remarkable beauty of this fall’s presentation of leaf coloration for us to enjoy alerts me to be more aware of what our beloved United States of America was destined to become. Our forefathers must have also been aglow with hope and the direction they envisioned for their new homeland. And now, in 2020, we must value our most precious […]

Who are really the fascists?

Last week’s paper featured a letter to the editor which made claims that I’d respectfully disagree with. First, I’d like to compliment the many Democrats and their mainstream media surrogates for their proficiency at name-calling. It’s interesting that the writer refers to the president as “fascist in the making” while the real fascists, supporting the former vice-president are looting, rioting, […]

We are blessed by beauty


This time of year takes me to a portion of a poem by George MacDonald in Diary of an Old Soul. “I thought that I had lost thee but behold thou comest to me from the horizon low across the field outspread of green and gold fair carpet for thy feet to come and go.” The poems in Diary of […]

Robert E. Sopoci

Robert E. Sopoci passed away peacefully on September 29, 2020, holding his daughter Steina’s hand. Bob was born April 25, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Steven Sopoci Jr. and Florence (Tenney). He is survived by his daughters: Lieschen (Tim) and Steina and his grandchildren: Analise, Lillian, Christopher and Thomas; his siblings: Tom (Kris), Steven (Julie), and Candice (John) Walsh. Bob […]

Violence Prevention month

Listening from Home

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. NO MORE is a campaign dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. NO MORE’s awareness campaign for October is “Listening from Home”. This campaign is encouraging everyone to pay attention and listen for signs of domestic violence. If people know or suspect someone is […]

Indigenous Peoples Day


Monday, October 12, is Indigenous Peoples Day. Three states: Maine, New Mexico, and South Dakota, call it Native American Day and celebrate it as a holiday. Minnesota and eight other states observe this day, but not as a paid holiday. A delegation of Native Nations first proposed Indigenous Peoples Day in 1977 during a United Nations-sponsored Conference on Discrimination Against […]