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Guest Column: The need in the community continues all year

Ring-ding-a-ling. A mother hears the bell as she shops in the grocery store. She thinks of the food ...

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Matt Knutson: Seek out opportunities to give this season

“I don’t think I played nearly enough Tetris growing up in order to fit all of this into ...

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Ask a Trooper: Can police make traffic stops in unmarked cars?

Is it legal for local police or State Patrol to make regular traffic stops with an unmarked vehicle ...

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Sarah Stultz: How can you show that you are grateful?

It’s hard to believe another year has almost passed, and we’re entering the holiday season of Thanksgiving and ...

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Julie Seedorf: Lives are blessed in the good times and bad

It was an unusual week. On Monday I was lunching with a friend and she said to me, ...

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Guest Column: Program designed to improve survivors’ lives

The Albert Lea Family Y became a provider of the nationally recognized Livestrong at the YMCA program in ...

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Matt Knutson: Be thankful for even smaller circumstances

“We’ll have to add that to our list of things to be thankful for this year,” I told ...

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Ask a Trooper: What are rules for helmets while riding ATVs?

Can my child use a bicycle helmet when he is a passenger in my side by side or ...

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Al Batt: Please just don’t run with the good scissors

I could have been happy with my blunt scissors had I not been aware of the existence of ...

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Sarah Stultz: Remember the impact a kind deed can have

You see it all the time on social media. Someone volunteers to pay for the order of the ...

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Julie Seedorf: There is art in every aspect of a career

“I can hardly wait to become an adult.” These words were part of a conversation I had with ...

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Al Franken: Honor commitment made to veterans who have defended this country

On a recent Saturday, I had the opportunity to meet several veterans from northern Minnesota as they arrived ...

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Matt Knutson: The joy and stress of life with 2 small children

“Ever since Maeva was born two weeks ago, I’m not sure I’ve been able to complete a thought,” ...

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Ask a Trooper: Is it safe to keep a deer you hit on the road?

I noticed several freshly killed deer on the side of the highway yesterday. What are the traffic-related requirements ...

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Guest Column: Stem? Steam? What is it really all about?

A lot of conversation in the world of education and business recently has been around STEM and STEAM. ...

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