Our view: Thumbs up, Thumbs down

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In Our Own Backyard....Make a clean sweep of it

I detest vacuuming. I’m not sure just why – I seem to be able tolerate most other household chores quite amiably. I don’t even mind scrubbing grout, scouring toilets, or cleaning out the kitty litter pan.

Guest view: 2012 Legislative session begins

Sen. Tony Lourey looks ahead to the 2012 Legislative session and back to the shutdown last summer.

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Resident dismayed by political vote

Heather Falk got an interesting lesson in politics when she traveled to St. Paul to testify before a legislative committee last week.

• Committee opposes child care union dues deductions
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News coverage should be a shared responsibility

his week marked the revival of the newspaper’s advisory board – a cross section of citizen news junkies, parents, business people, volunteers, seniors and others interested in the role of the newspaper in the community.

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In Our Own Backyard...Save time, lose face

I’ve always considered myself to be a patient woman. I am generally willing to sit back and take things as they come, wait my turn and accept delays as an inevitable fact of life. Self-checkout lanes have changed all that.

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Pick up a paper, because you never know what you’ll find

The best thing about a printed issue of the newspaper is all the information you find that you didn’t even know you were looking for.

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Letter: Resident opposes funeral home’s request

In our own backyard...Grandma and Grandpa in charge

Every once in a while those priceless moments come along where we find ourselves completely on our own with one of our grandchildren – no mom or dad to give directions or dole out discipline, no little sister or big brother to steal the spotlight, no rules to get in the way of having a delightful time.

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In our own backyard....The night of the Full Wolf Moon

Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs once howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Native Americans chose the name for January’s full moon – the Full Wolf Moon.

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Letter: Thanks to Pine Journal and fire department

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The numbers are staggering, the facts are sobering

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In our own backyard...New Year's comes in with a bang

Somehow it has always seemed important to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve.

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Letter: Reader disappointed with biased journalism up north

Where there’s a will and a way, the community will flourish

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