With the special election coming soon, I’d like to encourage voters to support Bob Svaleson for County Commissioner. He has faithfully served this nation with nine years of U. S. Naval service and, from his first arrival in the area, has become a valued member of the Hovland Fire Department as both firefighter and EMR. He volunteers as an ambulance […]
Not too late to save our Democracy
I wish I could say I was surprised. I wish I could say I was shocked. I’m not and it makes me ache from sadness and anger. We know what the writing on the wall says. Humans have walked this road before, over broken glass and dead bodies with lies on their lips and truth strung up a martyr in […]
Election is over, let’s work to support the community
If I ran up to you and exclaimed that a flying saucer full of little green men had just landed on top of the Cook County courthouse, you might be worried. You might ask me how I knew this. If I said I hadn’t seen it myself, but others had told me so, you would probably want to know who. […]
No significant election voter fraud was found in the 2020 presidential election
I would like to offer some comments regarding Rae Piepho’s recent letter to the editor. She began with trying to justify Pete Stauber and 105 other U.S. Republican House members signing on to a Texas lawsuit. That Texas lawsuit did not affect the voters of Texas as she stated, but actually sought to invalidate millions of legally cast ballots of […]
Mask wearing should be mandatory
Representative Jamila Prayapal is furious. She and 75 year-old cancer survivor Rep. Bonnie Watson appeared to have gotten infected with Covid while hunkered down in close quarters with unmasked Republicans in the Capitol bunkers during the insurrectionist riot. “… several Republicans not only cruelly refused to wear a mask but recklessly mocked colleagues and staff who offered them one…. (they) […]
Love your enemies
Spiritual ReflectionsWhatever else you might think about Jesus, it’s difficult to deny that sometimes he said some hard things. Sometimes, training the hearts of those who would follow him, Jesus laid down rules of faith that turn our basic human assumptions upside down. Take, for instance, these instructions from Matthew 5, a passage in the New Testament commonly referred to as […]
Andrea Marie (Anderson) Peterson
Andrea Marie (Anderson) Peterson, was born on September 12, 1938, and passed away on January 5, 2021. She was “Anj” to her husband, but in her 82 years, she was known by many other names. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year in 1976 began her career in elementary education in Grand Portage, and retired after a 27-year tenure in Grand […]
Helen Ann Brock
Helen Ann Brock, age 81, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2021. Helen is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Robert; sons, Joseph (Charise) and John (Shelly); grandchildren: Haley (Brian) Traynor, Jordyn, Megan, Alexis, Jackson, Jenna, and Kaylee; great-grandchildren, Taytum and Brayntton Traynor; and many other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death […]
Bernard J. Gestel
Bernard J. Gestel passed away after a lingering illness at the North Shore Care Center, on Sunday January 10, 2021. He was born on December 6, 1930, to Mary (Phillips) and John Gestel in Dollar Bay, Michigan. He attended Dollar Bay High School and fifteen years after graduating enrolled at Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) in Hancock, Michigan and graduated […]
Historical Reflections
January 9, 1930 “New Year Specials” at IGA (People’s Supply Company) include margarine, tea, pork and beans, prunes, pineapple, ginger ale, syrup, and mayonnaise.