Letters to the Editor
Dementia awareness event shows that ‘love always remembers'
To the Editor:
A.C.E. of SW MN and the Southwest Minnesota Dementia Awareness Network (SWDAN) were grateful to be able to bring our spring dementia event to our community in May at the lovely Presbyterian Church in Luverne.
Caregivers...
Protecting the elderly: Minnesota’s battle against the landline shutdown
'People with mental health feel isolated'
Letter to the Editor:
In Minnesota, I recently discovered that telecom companies were granted FCCapproval last August to deregulate the shutdown of copper wire landline...
Fick: 'Stop and think, what if that would happen around here. Oh that would hurt'
To the Editor:
Another shooting! Three innocent children and three adults at work in school. Why? Where will the next incident be? Do we think this 28-year-old has been watching television? Seeing how the adults in...
H-BC Teacher: 'I encourage your to vote April 11'
To the Editor:
I often feel like I’ve hit the jackpot in my job teaching kindergarten at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School! We were named a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School in 2019. We’ve got a great staff, working together like...
Brooks: 'What's your better idea?'
To the Editor:
If you try to make everyone happy, you will lose as a community. You’re a town of 5,000 people, with perhaps 2,000 or so homes. Are a thousand of them, or even a 500, complaining?
What happens is CAVE-rs (Citizens Against Virtually Everything)...
To the Editor:
The members of the Luverne Area Convention & Visitors Bureau enthusiastically support the efforts of the “Just for Nuts” 501C non-profit organization to site and construct the “world’s largest nutcracker” in Luverne.
Some of us were skeptical in 2017 when Roger Brooks’ assessment...
Forrest: Nutcracker's multiplier effect leads to thriving community
To the Editor:
Studies show that if someone visits your community and stays for two or more hours, the average amount spent in the community is $200 including visiting an attraction, filling their vehicle with fuel, eating and...
Thone: 'God-given inalienable right to travel shall not be infringed'
To the editor:
This Constitutional Republic of 50 states agree that every American individual has the God-given inalienable right to freely travel without paying, licensing, permitting, registering, insuring, or having that right...
Wipf: Business owner grateful for public process on THC regulation
To the Editor:
I’m writing to express my gratitude for the positive interactions we experienced with city and county officials during the process of making legal cannabis available to community members.
•I felt very supported by...
Frakes; "Reparations are in order"
Letter to the Editor:
I’ve been hearing the word “repatriations” a lot lately. I think it’s a good idea. We can give all the descendants of slaves a free ticket back to their home continent so they could live the life they’ve always dreamed of.
Hold it! Hold it!...