Opinion
Off The Editor’s Desk – 7-9-2019
Let’s take care of our citizens first! If you spent any time at all watching the Democratic debate or the media frenzy after it you may have come to the conclusion that immigration was the top subject of those debates. In an after the debate speech one of the candidates, I wished I could remember…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 7-3-2019
Are we teaching our children about America? “Are we doing a good enough job of teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?” Ronald Reagan in his “Farewell Address” from the Oval Office on January 11, 1989. Over the number of decades that I have been…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 6-26-2019
Do you really have freedom of speech? We take it for granted that we can speak on any subject even if we know nothing about it. I sometimes spout off about a matter that I know little about. But then, so do many other people and I would suggest that if you are reading this,…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk – 6-26-2019
There is a story for all occasions! Most of us in the business of reporting on the happenings for a local news media have probably seen the entire spectrum of human emotions from family tragedies, emotional triumphs, heart warming, and tear-wrenching stories to the happenings at public meetings and the mundane daily things that we…
Read MoreLTE – Barbara Sippy – 6-12-2019
I don’t care if you are a Democrat, a Republican or a member of the little green men from Mars. There is a whole segment of our population that has had their rights forcefully removed. According to our Constitution we are ALL guaranteed the right to Life,Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Life, Liberty and…
Read MoreLTE – Mrs Richard Buhr – 6-12-2019
Dear Carlton, Your editorial last week was right on, I agree with you. As a woman I am honored to be called Mrs. Richard Buhr. When I sign both our names together I always put his name first. I do not feel belittled by it one bit. The only time I use just my first…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk – 6-12-2019
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” –Ronald Reagan The Democratic Party is hell bent on changing our way of being governed. They are trying to push us into a Socialist form of government where we are governed from the top down and only a few will enjoy the fruits of our…
Read MoreLTE – Dave Zien – 5-5-2019
Very impressive indeed was the Memorial Day program held at the Colfax high school yesterday 5/27/19. The American Legion Post #131, with Chris Larson commander, are to be congratulated for a job well done! It was touching to share with the high school band, students and audience to celebrate the Memorial Day purpose and meaning. …
Read MoreLTE – Jason Good – 5-5-2019
In today’s drug crisis, deaths happen every single day and it’s really easy to scroll through your Facebook feed and see all of these mass-overdose situations and memorials and think “at least it’s not my kid.” But what you have to realize is that the person who died was someone’s child. You can only sit…
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 5-5-2019
To shut down coal power plant! We have a story that is being published in this week’s edition that Xcel Energy will shut down its coal fired power plant along the St. Croix River at Oak Park Heights, Minnesota by 2028. The Allen S. King generating plant (named for a former president and chairman of…
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