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Al Batt: If I only had a brain in my head with more bran in it

We didn’t have The Weather Channel. But we still had weather during my formative years. Things have changed. We ...

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Al Batt: An answer to every woman’s eternal question about men

“Are all men idiots?”  That was a challenging question and one with epic consequences. It was my wife who ...

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Al Batt: It’s the dances with birds or the jays of our lives

My wife got me a nifty bird feeder for Christmas. Film rights are available.

Opinion

April Jeppson: Goals, a new year and finding inspiration 

It’s that time of year again. Out with the old, in with the new, New Year’s Resolutions and ...

Opinion

Al Batt: Swami is always wrong but never in doubt in predictions

My doorbell didn’t ring. It had voluntarily chosen to leave the labor force. 

Columnists

My Point of View: The energy challenge and ways Minnesota can help

We are experiencing the impacts of human-caused climate change and global warming. The extreme weather this produces includes ...

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April Jeppson: Much to be thankful for even without snow

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… Actually I’m not. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice to ...

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Al Batt: Einar’s Hardware had everything I’d be getting

The weather was up to something. It always is.

Opinion

April Jeppson: Watch out world, there’s nothing to stop her

It’s my daughter’s birthday today. Genevieve is 8 years old, and she’s the youngest of my three children. ...

Columnists

Al Batt: The wooden pencil and an orange weren’t in a bag

When my father was a boy, he got a wooden pencil and an orange for Christmas one year.

Columnists

April Jeppson: Do you buy your Christmas presents early?

There’s this game I play with myself every year. It’s not my favorite game, but yet somehow, I ...

Columnists

Al Batt: From mud pies to oatmeal within a simple eyeblink

It must have been the oatmeal that kept him going.

Columnists

Al Batt: The snows of November came earlier this year

“When does winter start in Minnesota?”

Opinion

April Jeppson: Preparing, excited for a change in seasons

It snowed. The roads are a little slick. Although my feet want to continue to put on sandals, ...

Opinion

Al Batt: Knowledge is power and Francis is Bacon I hear

I could have waited but I couldn’t wait.

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