Opinions
There are three positions up for election this year on your local school board. The filing period is July 31stto August 14thand affidavits of candidacy are available in the district office. The following information is from Minnesota School Board Association’s website (www.mnmsba.org) and credit...
According to Ryan Kutter, L. P. Leader,7-18-18, the Towle Road needs a little patching. Actually, sometimes I think it needs major re-construction, but that’s a whole different story.
We, the regular, normal (O.K., mostly normal), folks need to start having these conversations without filtering...
School is back in session for close to 200 students who have registered for summer school this year! Summer school started on Monday, July 9thand runs for three weeks Monday through Friday. This week’s column will review enrollment statistics.
There are three separate programs:
A new program this...
This is in response to several of Tony Towle’s recent columns, which echoed national news outlets in their divisive tone and oversimplification of issues. He usually seems to be arguing against a left-wing extremist he saw on television rather than where the mainline of the Democratic party is,...
I’ve been wondering if the Quran, the book of Islam, teaches kindness and generosity? If it does, two Muslim men from St. Cloud were following the teachings of their prophet recently.
Here’s how it happened.
We were on a journalism assignment in St. Cloud. The assignment took us down Division...
One of my most favorite vehicles to travel the Towle road in is my 1967 Mercury convertible. Unfortunately, some speedbumps in the road, have caused us not to be able to use it nearly as much as we’d like to. We’ve decided it’s time to part with this jewel and let someone else enjoy it.
I would...
They want to take the U.S. Post Office away from us and sell it to UPS, FedEx, Speedy and all those other delivery services that regularly and inconveniently leave our packages in plastic bags at the end of our driveways come rain, snow, sleet, or whatever.
I don’t know about you, but I think that...
To the Editor:
The 2018 Minnesota Legislative Session ended without the progress we needed to see for family farmers and rural communities. That’s exactly what large-scale corporate ag wanted: business as usual. Corporate ag keeps building and expanding, running family farmers off the land and...
To the Editor:
Sit on a committee? Help at a church, hospital, or school event? Volunteer to drive? Mow lawns? Find a way.
Motivations for volunteering are numerous, personal, unique; e.g. helping others, feeling needed, being productive, less isolated. Be involved in something you’re...
The Donald, as some refer to our President, in his quest to make America great again, sure seems to upset some people. I don’t know if it’s a matter of dis-liking him and his successful though unconventional negotiating tactics, or, a fear that he will succeed in making Americans proud and...
