You could file this week’s column under the heading of “You know you live in a small town when...” I am having a retaining wall built around the south side of my yard. Now, that might go unnoticed in many places, but when you live on the corner of 10th and Main in Blue Earth, there is ...
Two weeks ago, on Monday, May 18, I was kidnapped. Luckily, I was able to return home safely and I am OK. Here is the story. My wife, Pam, and I were going to California with our daughter Katy and her husband Wade who live in Mankato. Our main reason for going there was for the graduation ...
I got to thinking, as I pondered what to write about for this week’s column, when was the last time I wrote about giving out Cheers and Jeers. It seems like it was a while ago. So I checked, and yes it was a while ago, in fact it was the first issue in March. So it is indeed high time for ...
We had a nice surprise last weekend, amidst all of the activities that were going on that we were involved in, like the Kiwanis First Bank Blue Earth program on Friday and the Wine Walk on Saturday. Our son Nate showed up for a quick visit and to wish his mother a happy Mother’s Day. Nate ...
In the last couple of weeks, I have received some nice compliments about the work we do here at the Faribault County Register. And some thank you’s for everything we do, and for having all the coverage we have, and for some particular stories that we have had in the newspaper. That is ...
Did you ever have one of “those” weeks? You know, one of “those” weeks, when you are so busy you hardly have time to turn around once, much less twice, and you start to wonder what is going to happen next? Yeah, it was one of “those” weeks for me. The shocking part? This was ...
The last couple of weeks I have noticed a pattern in conversations that I have been a part of. I call it ‘remembering the way things used to be.’ Yes, I guess you could call it remembering the good old days, but it is more like just remembering the way things were. Not necessarily wishing ...
You have probably noticed a special feature in last week’s issue of the Faribault County Register and one in this issue of the Register. Both appeared on our page 3 and were titled America’s 250. It is a new series of stories about the history of these United States of America, and is ...
Can you stand another fish tale this week? It was on this past Thursday and I was busy putting this issue of the Register together, when my friend and fellow Kiwanian, John Huisman, called me. He was all excited. “Chuck, you gotta get out here, there is someone fishing in the pond, You ...
It was last year that I wrote in this space that I was tired of doing an April Fools Day story. In fact, I may have written the same thing the year before. So this year, I am reiterating that the long time tradition of having an April Fools Day fake story is done, its over, we are just not ...