What a beautiful fall we are having this year! Google confirmed that an Indian summer occurs only after a killing frost. There is no killing frost forecast in the near future so it is just an extension of our summer. With some nice rains to keep...

The soybean harvest is going full speed ahead. Getting them in the bin is a good thing. A bi-product of the harvest are the millions of Japanese beetles. They are not a good thing. They were imported to help control aphids in the beans. Now they are...

The sun is now unofficially halfway back on its march back south. From its northernmost point in June to southernmost in December, it travels a little over a mile and a half on the section line to the east. With three months to go until the shortest...

The school buses are back on our roads once again. They are carrying our countries most important and prized possessions that represent our future. It has been fifty-three years since this old coots last first day of school. This student was never...

Waking up in the morning is almost always a good way to start the day. Another day living the dream has totally different meaning to some than it does for others. Living the dream for what is now estimated as many as twenty million invaders that come...

While sitting on the porch at the shack up at my dad’s the other day I heard what sounded like the hum of a very large plane off in the distance. The hum turned out to be a huge hornet. It flew in just a few feet from me, grabbed a fly out of mid...

Here we go, it is the start of another day living the dream. We have got to the point where you have to ask yourself, would you hire a person who hates animals to care for your dog? Then why elect people that hate our country? I don’t know who...

As the Minnesota American Legion division 2 baseball director, I want to thank the community of Roseau, the Roseau baseball association, and the Roseau American Legion for hosting the 2023 Minnesota American Legion division 2 state baseball...

It is just another day in our world of “you can’t make this stuff up”. The democrat socialist party is not only the nastiest, laws for thee but not for me, party in our countries history, but maybe also the most predictable. Those nasty...

The fair has came and gone one more time. After more than sixty years of attending it is sad to say that most of the thrill is gone. Bah humbug if you will. None the less there are a lot of people that put a lot of their heart and soul into it. That...

I work at CareerForce in Thief River Falls, and I have a few questions that could change your life– and the lives of others in our community. Are you looking for work? Do you know someone who is? If so, it’s important to know there are many...

We are so blessed to have LifeCare Medical Center here for our medical needs! Many may not often think of this blessing until in dire need. Recently, I had to use their emergency Services. I deeply thank the professional staff that cared for me, from...

The longest day of the year or official first day of summer is now three weeks in the past. The Fair will be here next week and fall will not be far behind. Sunrise sunset swiftly go the days. One season following another if you will. With life...

The DNR and Roseau River Watershed are planning to build a dike on the north and east side of the river. The weirs would be at elevations of 1034. The dikes on the south and west side of the river are only at elevations of 1031 1/2. Building the...

Sunday, a lazy, relaxing day, sleeping in, hanging out, going out for breakfast!! What! Nothing was open on a Sunday morning. No place for churchgoers, the average Joe, to go and get a bit of BREAKFAST. I hear shop local, buy local. Well, when there... Full story

In recent weeks you may have noticed, the sky is no longer blue, stars are harder to see at night, and landscapes are discolored by a grayish hue. Wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota are worse than ever and it has real consequences for our...

I just received the June 17, 2023 edition of the paper and I enjoyed the article about Earl's Drive In and the fact that it started in 1956. I thought it would have been more interesting if there would have been additional historical information...

Two hundred forty-seven years ago, in 1776, after affixing his signature to the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, explaining the significance of what he and the founding fathers had done. In his letter, he stated,...

To say our moisture so far this summer has been sporadic is maybe an understatement. It is kind of like Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry. “Are you feeling lucky?” Some have gotten too lucky and are almost floating when a few miles away their...

Our political world has gotten to be way too predictable. Every time something starts to go down on any of the crooked far left, liberal fire up the smokescreen called Trump. The Main Stream Media drools all over themselves one more time and say,...

Complaining seems to be one of humans more common chronic habits. Not long ago we were complaining about how many days since it got above forty degrees. For the few of us that pay attention to history the sad fact that the colder the winter, the...

With the combination of smoke from Canada and the peak of the pollen season the people with allergies are having a tough go of it. Being lucky enough to not having to experience the problem but only listen to and observe others the only comfort is...

Our neighbors to the north are our closest and probably best neighbors we have. This is in spite of the fact that for the last six months they were where all our cold air comes from. Now the fires raging in Alberta are smoking us out. That too will...

Spring has finally sprung! The trees are starting to bud, the perennials are up, the snow is almost gone, and the dog had the first woodtick. Watching our world come back to life after a long winter’s sleep gives us reason to believe in the...

This old farmer is still in a bit of a state of shock after seeing a 25% increase in property values in one year. If property taxes go up proportionally it could be a deal breaker for many. In conversation with a friend fifteen or twenty years ago...