Thursday, September 18, 2025

OPINION

Letter to the Editor

Marco Good’s written Com­ments for KeeTac Minneso­ta Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) hearing, Sept. 3, Vir­ginia Iron Trail Motors Cor­porate Events Center: I was disappointed when...

The Long Way Home

Living again in a manufactured home commu­nity, my WOKE sensibilities won’t let me use the phrase trailer trash to describe me or the neigh­bors....

Letter to the Editor

Finding Our Voice: The Quiet Power of Civic Engagement In today’s world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, outnumbered, or unheard. The noise of politics, the...

THRESHOLDS

By Lawrence Doe “Edges are thresholds, frontiers, and permeable boundaries. These edg­es occur between what we know and don’t know, be­tween the seen and unseen....

The Long Way Home

Is Becky offended when I call her The Bohunk? In the way-back years of the 20th century, Bo­hunk was a derogatory ethnic slur, used in...

OPINION

Intruder By Lawrence Doe When I drive my truck down our 2,000-foot driveway through the boreal forest, I am an intruder. I have cut down old...

Letter to the Editor

Lake Superior School District Policies Limit Student Oppor­tunities Dear Editor, As a parent in the Lake Superi­or School District, I am deeply concerned about policies that...

OPINION

WILD FRUIT By Lawrence Doe My wife and I spent several weeks each summer with friends and fam­ily in southern Canada on the Pie­gan Reservation, Brocket,...

The Long Way Home

I mainly listen to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) when driving. It’s not talk radio in the popular sense of one-sided agitators screaming a rant...

Visited Best Friends – Left with One by

Angela Bata FFCP, FDM, CARETC-KDSD In June, I took a solo road trip out west to visit my dad and sister in Las Vegas. It...
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LOCAL NEWS

The University of Minnesota Ex­tension Service is offering a day-long training symposium to help North Shore landowners manage their woodlands through the current multi-year...
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