editorial

hile the date and place is known, the person who first came up with the idea of Labor Day is still uncertain. It was either a McGuire or a Maguire...

"What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes...

Kandiyohi County's move Tuesday to amend its nuisance ordinance provides law enforcement the tools needed when pranks cross the line to vandalism -- during homecoming or any other time. Someone...

lu preparedness. Put that at the top of a company's staff meeting agenda and watch the eyes glaze over. It's not sexy, but having a sensible plan in place to...

ost of us know there is a local Humane Society chapter and have a vague idea of what the members do. We know they rescue and shelter animals, and find...

The name Edward "Ted" Kennedy might have meant something completely different. As morning news shows announced the Democratic senator's death Wednesday, CNN's sports commentator Rafer Weigel reported that when he...

"Bretter late than never?" read the West Central Tribune's sports headline Wednesday. How true! Brett Favre arrived on the Minnesota Vikings practice field Tuesday, gray beard and all, with a...

During the 1860s, President Abraham Lincoln helped inspire the railroad transportation revolution in America. Then the arrival of a railroad helped develop open west central Minnesota during the late 1800s...

A criticism heard during the early years of the Bush administration was that the media were "in the tank" for Bush, fearing to question his foreign and domestic policies in...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, 130 State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155. Ph.: (651) 296-3391. E-mail: tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, 235 Capitol...

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Pres. Barack Obama, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500; (202) 456-1111. E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov Vice-Pres. Joe Biden, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500;...

An old and familiar spring foe -- the cold rising water of the Red River of the North -- has returned to Minnesota and North Dakota. The Red River is...

As quickly as gas dropped below $2 per gallon, American's interest in hybrid cars crashed and sales of this car segment evaporated. Hybrid car sales in May 2007, when gas...

The first name of William Fenske was listed incorrectly in Wednesday's editorial.