Opinion
In a move that will further militarize police departments across the country while decreasing accountability, the President issued an executive order that strips away limits on weapons of war that the Defense Department can hand over to state and local police forces.
The President’s order expands...
With the start of school and fall in the air, I would like to use this month’s column to talk about School Bus Safety, specifically as a reminder to motorists. While we have talked about this topic in previous years, we feel it’s extremely important to offer a reminder about the importance of...
According the Corporation for National and Community Service, a national study has shown that volunteers who are 50 and older live longer than same age non-volunteers. Another recent study of Americans over age 60 found that those who volunteer reported lower disability levels and higher levels of...
Eighty percent of people polled believe that governments should be required to publish public notices in newspapers. But for years, government has tried to “hide” public notices by either posting them on government websites only, or by not publishing them at all. Newspapers across the country are...
The Minnesota Reading and Math Corps needs 2,000 full and part-time tutors to meet its goal of helping all Minnesota children become proficient readers by the end of third grade and proficient math students by the end of 8th grade.
Robert Mowatt of Bloomington is one of 1,700 reading and math...
There was a time, in America’s early years, when a fellow could get a job going to sea on a wooden sailing ship, and when they came upon a whale the fellow and his mates would lower away in boats and row out with their harpoons, and if the whale didn’t kill them first, they would try to kill the...
At one of Minnesota Farmers Union’s (MFU) Rural Issues Discussions last spring, a farmer told us that his yearly health insurance premium plus deductible was more than $40,000. There was hardly a dry eye in the room when he spoke about this.
Meanwhile, federal legislators have been unable to agree...
Penny Auction
The Staples Congregational UCC Church would like to thank all the individuals and businesses who donated and participated in our annual Penny Auction held during Railroad Days.
We had a tremendous turnout, the best year yet. Due to everyone’s generosity, we were able to donate $2,060...
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