It seems like only a week or two ago that I dedicated this column space to some Cheers and Jeers to those who deserve one or the other. But, in actuality, it has been about two months since we last did some Cheering and Jeering. We are going to start this column out by Cheering four ...

You are going to read a lot of words if you read all the stories in this week’s Faribault County Register. And all of these words are pretty much locally created and all have to do with things of interest to people who live here in Faribault County. Reporter Kevin Mertens and I spent an ...

I have to start this week’s column with a confession. I confess I know little to nothing about Iowa. I know, you are wondering how someone could have lived the past 17-plus years just nine miles away from Iowa and then say he knows little to nothing about that state. But it is ...

I know. I just wrote about the Minnesota Vikings last week. I should be writing about something else this week, right? But I cannot stop myself. It must be done. If you don’t care a whit about the Vikings (and I am somewhat jealous of people like that) then quit reading now and do something ...