Life can be stressful. Work is sometimes hectic, and personal lives occasionally get complicated. Taking a moment to separate yourself from the persistent stimulation of day-to-day existence is …

My career as a politician was brief. Some may say it ended before it ever really started. Like many notable statesmen, my experience as a representative was stained with excitement, controversy …

Today’s lack of action in downtown Foley is a boring topic; arguing about the inactivity is a waste of time and a dead end to guessing why a small frontier town located in a rural area …

Farm Service Agency is accepting offers for specific conservation practices under the Conservation Reserve Program Continuous Signup. In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enrolled in …

During one of the recent cold snaps, I cleaned our basement. I threw out what was no longer needed — out-grown clothing, singleton gloves, cardboard boxes — and sorted through other items …

The sight of a snowplow driving down roads with its blade to the asphalt during these winter months typically means travel conditions are less than safe. The Minnesota tradition of assigning …

Surviving a Minnesota winter requires a substantial amount of "common sense” that I can personally attest is far from obvious to some outsiders. Since moving to Central Minnesota from …

It is 2024 here in Foley. The temperature was two degrees below zero at 3 p.m. on Jan. 15. That northwest wind was cutting; if possible, we spent no time lolly-gagging outdoors. If we had to …

Without a doubt, the winter of 2023-24 has been very mild thus far. As of the time of writing this, we have made it into the new year without seeing a major snowstorm that made travel difficult or …

The term “sodbusting” is used to identify the conversion of land from native vegetation to commodity crop production after Dec. 23, 1985. As part of the conservation provisions of …

The adage — commonly known as Murphy’s Law — is common to many: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”   There are good chances that everyone will have …

Even if we’re not particularly interested in “finding our roots,” we sometimes review what we know about our family predecessors. Usually, unless we can call on elderly relatives …