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Guest Column: FFA organization is devoted to preparing students for the future

The national FFA organization allows students to become involved in their community by  learning about leadership and ag ...

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Guest Column: What the city is doing to turn numbers around

An article about Albert Lea, described by its author as “infotainment” circulated on social media earlier this week. ...

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Ask a Trooper: What are rules about using bright fog lights?

I see a lot of people who have their fog lights on when I am meeting them on ...

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Sarah Stultz: A letter for my daughter’s birthday in heaven

Dearest Sophie, Another year has come and gone, and I can’t believe February is here again. The last February you ...

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Dan Sparks: Action should be taken to protect voter privacy

The 2020 legislative session kicked off Tuesday, as legislators came back to St. Paul to get to work ...

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April Jeppson: It’s time to do a little spring cleaning at home

I came home from my uncle’s funeral Sunday evening refreshed but exhausted. It was so comforting being around ...

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Ask a Trooper: Do barriers change the school bus rules?

This winter has provided snowbanks — barriers in town — eliminating the turn lane, between our east and ...

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Al Batt: Follow your dreams and dream of sleeping

Just five minutes more. If you are the average, above-average American, that’s how much more sleep you need. For some, ...

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Sarah Stultz: A little kindness makes all the difference

Have you ever heard one of those stories about a customer paying for the order of the next ...

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April Jeppson: There’s power and love that only family provides

My grandmother had six brothers: Wally, Cliff, Pete, Ralph, Herman and his twin brother, Harry. I grew up ...

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Ask a Trooper: Who to call when you see texting and driving

My question is, if I see someone texting and they are driving in an unsafe manner (crossing in ...

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Al Batt: Chew each bite 32,847 times to live longer

Never yell “Food fight!” on soup day in school. I thought of that lesson I’d learned in junior high ...

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Sarah Stultz: Why is distrust in news media increasing?

A new study by the Pew Research Center is calling attention to the divisions that exist across the ...

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Guest Column: What is giving a mouse a cookie all about?

In the early 1980s, a children’s book called, “If you give a mouse a cookie” by Laura Numroff ...

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April Jeppson: Finding beauty in the little winter things

I jumped on the interstate yesterday for the first time in weeks. I was talking to my friend ...

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