February 2022
- February 22, 2022Krueger: Township residents should attend annual meeting To the Editor: Township Day is Tuesday, March 8 All township residents have a direct voice and a direct vote with their localgovernment. On Tuesday, March 8, townships will hold their annual meetings on“Township Day.” Make sure to attend to make your voice heard! The tradition of a town meeting has roots in colonial America. New Englandtown…
- February 15, 2022It’s time again to review the Rock County Star Herald “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” for local bright spots and disappointments over the past several weeks. Thumbs up — to local efforts to protect drinking water sources. Gravel is an important economic resource but mining in sensitive areas can lead to water pollution. Manure is also an important economic resource, but again we need to protect…
- February 15, 2022Hudson: "...if we the people stand up and say 'no more' To the Editor: My wife Robin was recently discharged from Minnesota Bank on 12/30/2021 for refusing to sign a Vaccine Verification form, and on 1/20/22 she was informed that her unemployment was declined for employee misconduct. So she was discharged one day before she would get her 401 and bonuses, and now she has been…
- February 08, 2022This week, Feb. 7-11, is National School Counselors Week, a time to consider the unique contribution of school counselors in U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by American School Counselors Association, highlights the significant impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. The 2022 theme is “School Counseling:…
- February 08, 2022Fick: 'We can disagree and still be friends' To the Editor: My opinion, as I see it. Is lack of knowledge and misinformation costing our country thousands of lives? How many lives have died from the Covid vaccine? Never heard. A vaccine is not 100 percent effective, but lessens the seriousness of a disease. Where has our respect for our authorities gone? What are we teaching our youth…
By Scott Rall, outdoors columnistFebruary 01, 2022Some fishing and hunting outings end with full game bags or fish stringers, and others end up with nothing but the receipts of the money you spent. Empty fish stringers don’t always mean that the trip was not a fun or successful one, though. It depends on what criteria you use to define success. I recently traveled to St. Cloud to attend the Minnesota Pheasants Forever state meeting. This event…
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