Editorials

Sharpness of adult child's careless words won't be fully felt until he becomes a parent
By Mary Brown, RN, Luverne
May 18, 2015
I hope that Mother's Day brought you flowers that were bought, picked or colored; handcrafted cards with careful crayon coloring, or beautiful scribbles. I hope you were blessed, Moms, for the blessings you give daily to your blessings. That said, sometimes our blessings, well, sometimes they lack perspective. Yes, perspective is the word I want here. Just before Mother's Day I heard…
A working horn necessary on all highway vehicles; trailer registration exemptions
By Sgt. Troy Christianson, Minnesota State Patrol
May 04, 2015
Question: I bought a used vehicle and noticed that the horn does not work. Is a person required to have a horn? Answer: Yes, you are required to have a working horn in the State of Minnesota. According to Minnesota State Statute, “Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway must be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from…
Deadly avian influenza virus detected in state, surrounding counties
May 04, 2015
While the recent avian influenza outbreak poses a low risk to human health and is not a food safety risk, Gov. Mark Dayton declared a state of emergency to stop the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The declaration by the state’s leader couldn’t have come quickly enough. As of May 1, nearly 4 million birds have been euthanized in Minnesota involving 67 farms in 19…
Spring Is Here; Let's Focus On The Prairie
April 28, 2015
With winter safely behind us, the Blue Mounds State Park and Touch the Sky Prairie are seeing an increasing number of visitors enjoying the outdoors. We don’t have lakes or mountains in Rock County, but we do enjoy our prairie vistas with their Sioux quartzite outcroppings, which are beautiful in themselves. To call attention to these natural resources, we will celebrate Life on the Prairie,…

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