Opinions
Thu Mar 11, 2010, 07:45 AM CST
By Troy Krause, Editor
Thu Mar 11, 2010, 11:35 AM CST
Does the world really need Daylight Savings Time any more?
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Thu Mar 11, 2010, 11:22 AM CST
What does "hench" mean, and what does a man have to do to later be described as a "henchman?"
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Tue Mar 09, 2010, 12:45 PM CST
You can keep your expensive sports cars and stereos. I’ve got a toy these days that’s got them all beat: my composter.
I love my composter. My wife is big into gardening, so we finally got a composter a couple years ago. Now in our back yard we have a big black bin shaped sort of like R2-D2.
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Tue Mar 09, 2010, 12:44 PM CST
It’s been many, many years since I first got behind the wheel. I remember the anticipation of waiting to be called to begin driver’s training instruction. I’m sure all of us were looking forward to it.
I was only a hair over five-foot tall and could barely see over the steering wheel.
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Tue Mar 02, 2010, 01:33 PM CST
My small town, for a lapse of many years, finally got a Boy Scout troop going again, and I was tickled. It didn’t last long. The teacher who decided to head it up quit just as I earned my Tenderfoot Badge, which I never did receive. I didn’t get much more out of Scouts than learning how to tie some knots and maybe one camping trip.
Well, actually I did. It taught me about how to become a productive citizen and leader with a moral foundation, and to live by the scout motto: “Be prepared.”
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Tue Mar 02, 2010, 10:54 AM CST
For some reason, when I was learning typing in high school, 60 words per minute seemed to be the Holy Grail, the goal everyone should aspire to.
A couple months ago I figured out a great way to double my typing speed. All I have to do, I discovered, is type half as fast.
Thu Feb 25, 2010, 07:11 AM CST
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Tue Feb 23, 2010, 09:48 AM CST
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?
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Fri Feb 19, 2010, 12:52 PM CST
It seems this waitress was working in a truck stop....
By Troy Krause, Editor
Fri Feb 19, 2010, 12:51 PM CST
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.
By Troy Krause, Editor
Fri Feb 19, 2010, 12:49 PM CST
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.
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Mon Feb 08, 2010, 11:10 AM CST
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.
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Mon Feb 08, 2010, 11:08 AM CST
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.
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Mon Feb 08, 2010, 10:54 AM CST
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.
By Pat Schmidt, Publisher
Wed Feb 03, 2010, 12:41 PM CST
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.
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Wed Feb 03, 2010, 12:25 PM CST
Is there such a thing as an unnoticeable limp?
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Fri Jan 22, 2010, 01:04 PM CST
What are your dreams? What are your strengths? If you’re lucky they overlap, but sometimes you have to choose one over the other.
By Troy Krause, Editor
Tue Jan 19, 2010, 11:46 AM CST
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.
By Joshua Dixon, Staff Writer
Sat Jan 16, 2010, 10:51 AM CST
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.
By Staff reports
Wed Jan 13, 2010, 11:54 AM CST
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.
By Troy Krause, Editor
Wed Jan 13, 2010, 11:50 AM CST
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.