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Guest Column: It is painful to see turn of events with hospital

After hearing from family, friends and reading the local newspaper, I feel compelled to contribute to the conversation ...

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Matt Knutson: Having better data can lead to better lives

“Sometimes I forget how much I love statistics,” I told my wife when I realized today was World ...

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Ask a Trooper: The ins and outs of handicap plates, placards

Both my daughter and I have a disability. I have the handicap license plates on my car and ...

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Al Batt: Most garages are simply large junk drawers

He said that the next time I was in the neighborhood, I should stop in. I was in the ...

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Julie Seedorf: An open letter to an unknown man at the bar

Marguerite Duras once said, “Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade ...

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Guest Column: Wind turbines driven by absentee landowners

Industrial wind installations are being proposed across Iowa. In the counties where residents are keeping track, it has ...

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Matt Knutson: Don’t discount ability to create better world

“Where did she learn that?” I asked my wife as our daughter boastfully shouted, “Mine!” while grabbing a ...

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Ask a Trooper: What is being done to reduce traffic deaths

I know that Minnesota has made a lot of progress for traffic safety and less people are dying ...

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Al Batt: The elevator never starts without a jerk

I got into a crowded elevator at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. No GPS was needed. I was happy to ...

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Guest Column: Be proud of generating clean energy in county

Why do I think wind farms are a good idea in Freeborn County? John Forman covered many of ...

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Guest Column: Anatomy of an effective e-commerce website

Many SCORE clients plan on or already do depend on the internet for a major part of their ...

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Sarah Stultz: Amid tragedy and horror, there were heroes

I, like many others, woke Monday morning to a story of horror coming out of Las Vegas.

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Matt Knutson: What is all that beeping in the house?

“Everything is beeping at us,” I told my wife after arriving home to the microwave going off.

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Guest column: How late at night can teens drive a farm truck?

Question: If you are 15 years old and have a farm permit to drive a farm truck, how ...

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Sarah Stultz: Like a child in a candy store at printing plant

This past week, I had the opportunity to travel up to Minneapolis with Tribune Publisher Crystal Miller and ...

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