Opinion
The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on January 12, 1923:
BEAVER CREEK TO HAVE OWN TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Favor Purchase of Present System from Private Company by Village by Vote of 67 to 12
By the decisive vote of 67 to 12, the people of Beaver Creek village declared in favor of the...
So the other morning I was going through the channels on television. I ended up landing on the History Channel and the show was about where words and sayings came from and how they got their start.
I learned that the saying “Good Bye” actually got its start from that saying “God be with you.”
The...
Tuesday marked a significant milestone for our rural Rock County residents.
Rock County Broadband Alliance broke ground on a $14 million project to bring high-speed Internet service to all residents living outside the city of Luverne.
RCBA is a subsidiary of Alliance Communications Cooperative...
We all remember the days when our children were babies and we’d feel invisible when arriving at social gatherings with our little bundles.
“Oh, he’s so cute. And look how he’s grown. Come here, sweetie. Let’s hear you say, ‘Gram-ma.’”
Um. Hello? I’m here. Anybody care? Good to see you all, too....
One problem many families face in promoting a healthy diet is picky eaters. Sometimes these are kids, and sometimes they are adults! Not surprisingly, picky kids often grow up to be picky adults, and picky adults often raise picky kids.
Being picky isn’t a terrible problem — some people do...
The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on December 15, 1922:
LIVESTOCK MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
State Livestock Specialist to Propose Methods of Eradicating Tuberculosis From Rock County Herds
The lecture on tuberculosis eradication work which has been scheduled for tomorrow...
I had a friend ask me what it would take to make a Christmas cactus bloom. Their plant was several years old and was a large plant but it never produced a single flower. Christmas cactus, like a poinsettia plant, initiate flower buds when the days get shorter and the nights get cooler in late...
Laura Richters of Luverne is a scrapbooking marvel.
Last month at the Rock County Fair, Laura was sitting comfortably in a folding chair with a computer set up in her lap. She was archiving yet another family event.
“This is my passion,” she told me several months ago.
It’s a passion she started...
To the Editor:
When is enough enough?
I heard over the weekend the Cardinal Club is not selling their coupon cards this year.
Someone called and didn't like the local smoke shop being included on the card.
Now, the smoke shop is a chamber member and sells legal products. I don't smoke, but that...
I am near the end of a three-week stay at a Mexican cancer clinic. After a year of trying to stop the progression of anal cancer using non-traditional methods, I decided I needed additional guidance. So here I am at Hope4Cancer three blocks south of the Mexican-American border.
I don’t know if...