I was in the Redwood County Government Center the other day, and just to make sure nobody forgets about the census, there, free for the taking were these cloth census bags containing a plastic coffee cup, water bottle and refrigerator magnet. 

If we got these bags here, I’d guess every courthouse in the nation and other places are also handing them out. How much needless spending has this cost taxpayers?

It seems this waitress was working in a truck stop....

Subsidies and incentives ought to be the long-term solution, but until we can make them more cost effective they are the best thing we have.

After spending the day Sunday in bed with some form of stomach bug, I was completely oblivious to what was going on outside. I had heard it was going to snow and blow, but I had no idea.

Had I known the road was closed, I would not have even thought twice about leaving the Krause home, especially after the way this year has gone.

The MPCA continues to do the wrong thing for the State of Minnesota, especially the rural parts of the state.

Legislators need to put the MPCA leadership in its place, and perhaps the best option is to dissolve the MPCA and make a fresh start with a more practical agency.

There’s been a lot of talk about whether or not a pro-life commercial featuring Florida’s star quarterback Tim Tebow should be allowed to air during the Super Bowl. I have no problem with this commercial running during the Super Bowl or anytime, there are other embarrassing commercials we see on TV every day that offend me more. 

In my hard-hitting expose in this week's Gazette about my trip to the Twin Cities , I didn’t mention the most interesting part: getting totally, flabbergastingly lost.

We are in a fight now to save America, and winning this fight is more important than political correctness or trying to forecast the weather a hundred years from now. We are in a fight to save America that has given so many of us lives we could not have imagined. We simply cannot lose.

Is there such a thing as an unnoticeable limp?

What are your dreams? What are your strengths? If you’re lucky they overlap, but sometimes you have to choose one over the other.

There are good things going on in our community, and we need to take the time to celebrate them. What we offer are a few pats on the back to those who clearly deserve it.

Rufus the Wonder Dog’s official English language vocabulary consists of the letters R, H, G, and O. I think he occasionally works a W or an L in, too.

But oh, what he can communicate in the way he says and arranges those six letters. 

George E. Berg, age 96, of Milroy, passed away Monday, January 11, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Wabasso. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Milroy. 

Redwood County is in a bit of a transition as 2010 begins. There are a number of issues it is facing and decisions to be made in the next 12 months. What follows are some of those issues, our take on what we think ought to be the approach the county takes, as well as how we as county residents can help make that transition smoother.