Northern cold versus southern cold
Jill Pertler “Slices of Life” | March 6, 2024
I’m a recent transplant – from a northern state to a southern one. I now spend winters in Florida but, for most of my life, I endured the (harsh, frigid, bitter, unending, Arctic, hyperborean) winters...
Compromise is not a bad word
By Jean Doran Matua, Editor | March 6, 2024
“Compromise” is not a bad word. Neither is “cooperation.” Or “compassion.” One of the most important lessons we learn in Kindergarten is how to get along. Cooperation is perhaps second only to lining up single-file....
Sick days (and nights)
Jill Pertler “Slices of Life” | February 27, 2024
I was sick last week. It felt like a long and miserable 12 days – and that was just Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I’m not good at being sick. Thankfully, I don’t get much practice....
Another week on ‘hold’
By Jean Doran Matua, Editor | February 27, 2024
It’s been a long time since I got sick, truly sick. So this past week and a half was overdue, perhaps. No, I wasn’t “sloppy’ sick, and did not go through a tree a day...
Meeker County Sheriff’s OfficeFree Access
March 14, 2024
Date, Time, Call, Location: Disposition 03/10/24, 3:08 pm, Traffic Stop, MN Hwy 24, Forest City Twp: Warning. 03/10/24, 4:59 pm, Motorist Assist, CSAH 2, Forest Prairie Twp: Assisted. 03/10/24, 6:09...
Watkins/EV Senior Dining – March 18-22Free Access
March 13, 2024
Lutheran Social Services Meals Please call at least one day in advance. Meals may be picked up. For Eden Valley Senior Dining, please call at least one day in advance....
Movement to end time change keeps growingFree Access
By Tom Emery, Historian | March 13, 2024
High school students in central Illinois promoted it in 2019 class project Last weekend, most Americans set their clocks forward, switching to Daylight Saving Time. Movements to abolish the time...
Kimball School Menus – March 18-22Free Access
March 13, 2024
Kimball Elementary Breakfast Monday: Fluffy Belgian waffles, cereal, fruit, milk. Tuesday: Turkey sausage, egg and cheese breakfast pizza, cereal, fruit, milk. Wednesday: Cinnamon chip scone, cereal, fruit, milk. Thursday: Turkey...