By Dan Broten Landmark Center The Pie and Pumpkin Oktoberfest will be held this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Landmark Center. Enjoy free pie and ice cream and paint a pumpkin to decorate for the fall season. Pumpkins will be by the Station building, food will be served inside Landmark Center…. Read More

To the Editor,   For far too many Americans, high drug prices can force difficult choices like whether to ration meds or pay for groceries. This has been true even for seniors covered by Medicare.  Medicare is the biggest payer of prescription drugs in the country. If our free market system was working the way it’s supposed… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Aimee Bissonette is a teacher, lawyer, occupational therapist, business owner and mom. She has written 12 picture books, both fiction and nonfiction.  Writing is her most favorite thing to do and second is being a lawyer helping other authors get their books published. She loves the North Woods along Lake Superior’s shores. … Read More

To the Editor,  I am writing this letter in support of MN 9B House of Representative candidate Jason Satter. I have known Jason several years. Living in rural Minnesota, Jason clearly understands the issues facing those of us who live outside of the metro area.   Jason is a veteran, a coach, and he’s active in his… Read More

Vote for Robert Johnson. He has sold Willow Creek, no new highway where they take most of the highway, room to park, streets being payment, and of course the water plant. Please vote for him. All you have to do is on the ballot underwrite Robert Johnson and mark the bubble yes. He will take the job…. Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda That 1948 Studebaker, My First Car, and my body are developing several things in common. That vintage Studebaker, for those of you who missed that era and have since shown no interest in it, was a bonified eye catcher. One reason it drew so much attention was because you couldn’t tell whether… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Can you talk about U-turns and how and when a person can do them?   Answer: A U-turn is a 180-degree turn that reverses your direction of travel. Do not make a U-turn unless you can do so without disrupting other traffic. “No U-Turn” signs indicate where U-turns are not allowed…. Read More

To the Editor, Major outtakes of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committees (DNC) conventions were the tone and attitudes resulting. First, The RNC was rife with the terrible shape our country is in and how they could fix it quickly by sending millions of undocumented workers back home, further lowering taxes on the… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School “Where Are All the Minnesotans?” by Karlyn Coleman and illustrated by Carrie Hartman. Author Karlyn Coleman loves frozen lakes, skating rinks, and snowy hills.   The illustrator Carrie Hartman lives in Woodbury, Minn., and has been drawing her whole life.  She is now becoming an author herself.  This story is about Minnesotans… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten Glassblowing Artist Jon Offutt will present free demonstrations at the Landmark Center this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21, with six demos each day. Each demonstration last nearly 40-minutes showing the creation of two blown-glass art pieces from start to finish using his unique portable glass studio. Sit close enough to feel… Read More