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Senate Report: One bill, one vote needed in Minnesota

Now that session is over, I wanted to talk about one of the things I ran on: “one ...

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Al Batt: I’ve drawn a line in this so-called sandwich of mine

I was careful to look one way before crossing the road.

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April Jeppson: Wow, the summer break sure is flying by

As I sit here and think "is it really time to write my article?" I realize that the ...

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Al Batt: Stupidity isn’t an Olympic event yet, though we qualify

I felt like Ninny the Pooh. I’d called a friend by his brother’s name. Twice.

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Sarah Stultz: How can you help lighten another’s load?

From his birth, my son has been behind other children his age when it came to hitting growth ...

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Al Batt: Life is like a big jigsaw puzzle only way different

I was so tired, I had to do the dishes in bed.

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Al Batt: A stampeding storm of Yosemite Sams in the obits

I read a newspaper or few every day. I go through each publication in an orderly front-to-back fashion ...

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April Jeppson: The perfect kind of father for our children

It’s Father’s Day weekend. In the past I’ve talked about my own father and the impact that he ...

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Al Batt: I felt as if I were wearing burlap underwear there

It was hot enough to complain about everything.

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April Jeppson: God will help us through everything in life

My sweet daughter told me that she didn’t want to go to kids camp one day this week. ...

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Al Batt: Rock, paper, scissors and rust on two wheels

Humans are always bucking a headwind. We teeter precariously on the edge of the world. We not only ...

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April Jeppson: It’s possible to be a fun person and a leader

That night as I sat around the dinner table with my parents and my husband, I told them ...

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Al Batt: I do all my own stunts

Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt I’m just browsing. That’s what I’d say if I ever surprised ...

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Guest Column: Worried about the future of your farmland?

Many of the farmers that I know in southern Minnesota work on the same land that their parents, ...

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Al Batt: Wrestling with a plastic bag

I spent time in the produce department trying to open a plastic bag.

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