Opinions
Letter to the Editor:
The Todd County DFL reminds everyone that 2016 is the year that we will elect a new president and all 134 of our state representatives. The process of choosing candidates begins with the precinct caucuses. This year those caucuses will be held on March 1. Registration will...
Dear Neighbors,
Congratulations and good luck to all our local sports teams finishing up their seasons. Teams like the Pierz wrestling team continue to make our area proud as they keep their hopes alive for a state title. Last weekend, the Pioneers took down Aitkin to win the section championship...
The cooperative track program with Browerville has been the topic of several school board meetings and a couple of newspaper articles the past two weeks; this week’s column will discuss the status and future of the program.
Just over a year ago, the LPGE and Browerville School Boards entered into...
Letter to the Editor:
I think Towle Road in last week’s paper was fulminating about the recent dust up in Maryland over a school’s inclusion of some Islamic script in its world history curriculum. “Do you folks remember the list of things some author wanted to know if we remembered?” Towle...
Letter to the Editor:
A tax supported government program took the land from the natives and allowed the benefactors to sell some to me. I support our troops, not war. My government assistance experience follows:
My family consisted of a WWll truck driver and his working spouse, dad later became a...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Board will have school calendars for 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years on the agenda for the Feb. 22nd meeting; this is the topic of this week’s column.
The 2016-17 calendar was given preliminary approval last year and will likely be approved with no changes;...
Dear Friends,
I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some of late-January warm-up. It’s that great winter weather where we can still ice fish and play hockey outside, but don’t need every piece of warm clothing to survive. Before you and your family enjoy the weekend, I wanted to pass along a few items....
The Minnesota State Legislature will convene in March and this week’s column will highlight what this writer believes should be the educational priorities; reminder that the views expressed in this column are solely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the LPGE School District...
The first order of business when the 2016 Legislative session begins March 8 should be a vote on whether to continue Minnesota’s government-run Obamacare website, MNsure.
More than three years into development, MNsure remains unable to fulfill its primary mission: providing access to affordable...
There are apparently some questions within the communities we serve about the wrestling cooperative agreement that was recently formed with Browerville and Eagle Valley; this week’s column will discuss the specifics of this new program.
There are six items that will be of the most interest to...
