May 2023
- May 16, 2023Protecting 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 phoneservice. Instead, they are allowed to substitute it with internet-based phone service. This…
- May 09, 2023May 10, National Small Business Day, celebrates small businesses and honors small business owners. It was designated by the Small Business Administration to honor the importance of small businesses around the country. Defined as having 20 employees or fewer, small businesses account for three-fifths of new jobs in the country each year, and one in five are family owned. By this definition, Rock…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 02, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on September 23, 1943. (Continued from last week, where Herbert recounted his 1888 blizzard experience.) With the clotheslines to follow, the neighbor…
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