opinion

Congress and the Obama administration have painted themselves politically into a budget cutting corner that ordinary Americans are going have to bear the pain. House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority...

Kandiyohi County remains the place where the lakes begin in Minnesota. You can travel across this fine county of lakes and find more than 260 of them, from small acreage...

After CenterPoint Energy sent a second home energy report to “please” me within three weeks, I need to vent. As the Good Book says, “Answer a fool according to his...

The fortitude of west central Minnesotans often amazes even us. The region’s response to Monday’s ground blizzard was a prime example. Powerful northwest winds swept into western Minnesota loosening the...

There is no perfect response to any attack on any school or college campus, but some law enforcement officials are now changing their recommendations. Our world has changed as school...

Guns don’t kill people. People with guns do kill people, and themselves. People can kill people with knives, baseball bats, or frying pans. However, guns are much more effective at...

First of all I’d like to congratulate Audrey Nelsen on her election to the Willmar City Council. I know she will work hard for the community and ask all the...

Our rational thought is gone Though I had given up much hope for rational thought in America, the letter equating the tragic murders of 20 first-graders and six of their...

By EJ Dionne WASHINGTON — President Obama is a freer man than he has been at any point in his presidency. He is free from the need to save an...

By Froma Harrop MEDFORD, Ore. — “Obama says he’s going to make middle-class jobs,” the breakfast room troubadour bellowed at the Holiday Inn Express to those who wanted to listen...

Willmar’s Ward 4 goes to the polls Tuesday to select a new council member to fulfill the two-year unexpired term of Doug Reese on the City Council. The voters here...

The Kandiyohi County Area Family YMCA is nearly halfway to its $3 million capital campaign goal. That is a very good start. Some of the major contributors to this community...