In late April last year, I packed my favorite clothes and a handful of other belongings into my car before embarking on a 1,200-mile drive north toward a new life in Minnesota. This week, 12 …

Few of the noncritical decisions we annually make involve more extremely thoughtful guesswork than “setting out the garden.” Old Man Winter, jumping from one foot to the other, …

Seeing is believing. Eyewitness testimony. Pics or it didn’t happen. All these phrases point to our natural inclination to be skeptical of things that we don’t experience with our …

Minnesota covers a distance of a bit over 405 miles from north to south and 354 miles from east to west at extreme points; the total area is 83,365 square miles or 51,749,120 acres. The water surface …

While Foley is home to many hard workers who take pride in their day jobs, the community benefits strikingly from people who don’t collect a check in exchange for their labor. From T-ball …

Benton Economic Partnership encourages new business owners and entrepreneurs to plan for the year ahead by creating a 2024 business plan. Developing an effective business plan, and continuing to …

Duelm is a quaint, unincorporated community in Benton County known for its beloved church, rich agricultural history, family-owned restaurant, small park with baseball and softball diamonds, a few …

The not-too-stiff-necked controversy of whether or not the town’s summer parade should proceed on the street parallel to the local nursing home calls for a quick review: the necessity of …

I’ve purged my storage closet of six boxes of saved memorabilia — childhood art projects, worksheets, toys and stuffed animals from my childhood along with that of our sons. Throughout, …

If life is anything, it’s complicated. Sometimes, we would give anything to have a moment alone to relax. Isolation for too long, however, is the basis of solitary confinement — a …

If someone is privileged to witness for many years the good and the bad of human instincts and is asked to judge the value of some of the most significant changes that occurred in the past century …

Having dined at Foley High School more than once, I can confidently say students here are fortunate to indulge in meals far beyond my previous standards for school lunches. The FHS menu contains …