LETTERS
What Does It Take to Be an Expert?
I have no letters after my name. Okay, officially I have a B.A., which in today's climate stands less for Bachelor of Arts as it does for Buy Additional -- credits, tuition, college time -- leading t...
Posted on 4/5/12 at 1:19 PM
DIY Fabric Animal Decor
Our second bathroom is the kid's bathroom. When I first moved in to our house, the room had been painted a teal and dark pink color to match the fish-designed shower curtain. Personally, the color com...
Posted on 2/23/12 at 9:46 AM
The Advent Grinch
Yesterday was Christmas! It was a great day for the family, a great day of travel, and a great Christmas service at church. The sermon was fantastic - it always is in my eyes (my huz is the pastor, bu...
Posted on 12/26/11 at 7:30 AM
faith fridays: messages in the sky
I've got a fixation that I'm having a hard time shaking. When it takes hold -- and it often does while the five kids and I are cruising along in the minivan -- everyone knows what's coming. The teens ...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 12:00 AM
Put Away That DDT
A recent letter to the editor in the Grand Forks Herald regarding environmental chemicals and their effects on our healthreally piqued my interest. I happen to know several families in the region affe...
Posted on 9/20/11 at 8:37 AM
Letter: Voting for a billion-dollar playpen 
The headline on the front page of the May 11 Minneapolis Star Tribune reads “Vikings biggest win.” It should have added “Minnesota, the biggest loser.” The large picture below shows a broadly grinning Zygi Wilf standing before a goofy-looking purple-clad mob. Zygi has reason to grin. He has just extorted a billion-dollar sports palace from taxpayers to serve his vanity and to add to his personal wealth. Minnesota should weep. Here are times when government should provide bread for those in need, but it should never be in the business of providing circuses, i.e., lowbrow mass entertainment.
By John Burns, Willmar , May 17, 2012
Letter: Football under the Capitol dome 
It looks like a done deal. As of this writing (May 12), the Vikings stadium issue is all but completed. The Legislature even had a special session on it on a Monday night.
By Kent Syverson, Willmar , May 17, 2012
Letter: Blame the Republicans 
Who am I describing in the following situations?
May 09, 2012
Letters from Home blog: Removing the weeds in our own lives 
By Carrie Classon , May 03, 2012
Letter: Not entitled to our own facts 
Wes Hazlett’s recent letter was a well-written and excellently factual account of the truth of the Obama years.
By Darlene Martinson Ross, Benson , April 05, 2012
Letter: A common-sense candidate for Senate 20 
Seems to me the real issue in the politics of America anymore is simply this: Are we ready for America to become the counterpart of European socialism?
By Richard Hagen, Olivia , April 05, 2012
Letter: Obama is ruining America 
I have been unfairly called a liar. Normally I wouldn’t respond to a ridiculous letter either but after getting accused by Wesley Hazlett of being a liar, I need to defend myself.
By Inga Mae B. Urke, Starbuck , March 29, 2012
Letter: Gomm responds to letter 
Thank you to the writer for his letter Monday. I did request the meeting to be open. I had hoped to be able to have a discussion with the Willmar Municipal Commission on the investigation and the actions that were taken against me.
By Bruce Gomm, Willmar , March 08, 2012
Letter: Thanks to Cosmos community 
As a recently retired teacher of 24 years in the ACGC School District, 15 of those at South Elementary, and a resident of Atwater for 39 years, I mourn the loss of the ACGC South Elementary School.
By Geraldine Ness, Nome, N.D. , March 07, 2012
Letter: Kubly was devoted to service 
Thank you to Sen. Gary Kubly, his wife, Pat, and their family for their sense of public service.
By Darlene Ross, Benson , March 07, 2012
Protect election integrity 
Who doesn’t want election integrity? That’s why 80 percent of Minnesotans believe that a photo ID amendment should be added to our state’s constitution, but will that guarantee integrity of an election?
March 05, 2012
Learning from the MUC crisis 
As a concerned citizen attending (the Feb. 27) Municipal Utilities Commission meeting, I was sorry to learn how a less than open, perhaps arrogant-tending style of management (with “lapses” in communication to staff and commissioners) by the general manager, over time, deteriorated into misunderstandings, distrust, and eventual termination of his employment.
March 05, 2012
Stand up, do the right thing 
I picked up the Saturday, Feb. 25th edition of the West Central Tribune and I saw an editorial cartoon on the opinion page.
March 05, 2012
Letter: Why we need conservatives 
Graden West (Public Forum, Feb. 28) has just exhibited a trait that is causing polarization of the masses. It is haughtiness.
By Jon Devenport, Willmar , March 02, 2012
Letter: Golden Oval saga continues 
Remember Midwest Investors of Renville? That became Golden Oval Eggs, which morphed into The New Midwest Company. I’ve tried to forget, but a trustee service company keeps sending me letters, with ever more depressing news.
By Daniel R. Jacobs, Olivia , March 02, 2012
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