If you were in Blue Earth on Thursday just after 12 noon, you might have heard a bunch of sirens and even seen a helicopter land near the high school. And, you might have been wondering what was going on. Or maybe you saw the short item in last week’s Register which said there was going to ...
It’s my fault. Totally. I am to blame. And I am so sorry. What am I sorry for, you may ask. For last weekend’s wicked weather. And I am to blame because I wrote in this space last week about our series of 80 degree plus days the week before, and the fact that this is Minnesota, and the ...
What the heck was that? Didn’t we have a snowstorm on April 1? And the next day it was 50 degrees? Didn’t we just have a snowpack on the ground in many places? And now we have none? Did we just go from winter to summer in one day? Did we really hit our first 60 degree day of 2023, ...
Our April Fools Day story created a few comments, but not as many as usual. A couple of folks thought it was good. A couple thought it was funny. Several others did not say for sure but I suspected they thought it was dumb. What? You didn’t see an April Fools story in the Register last ...
I have a crappy yard. A very crappy yard. If you know me, and know where I live, I know what you are thinking right now. “No, Chuck, you certainly do not have a crappy yard. You have a very nice yard. Your Hostas and other perennials are gorgeous and all the flowers your wife Pam plants ...
Maybe some folks remember Rich Glennie. Once upon a time, Rich was the editor of the Faribault County Register, back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Rich and I have been friends for quite a few years. His boss, the publisher at the McLeod County Chronicle, Bill Ramige has been a real close ...
We are getting some new computers here at the Faribault County Register. Brand-spanking new. That is a good thing, or so they tell me. And truth be told it is a good thing. Our current ones are starting to show signs of old age. And, they were not new, but refurbished, when we got them. Some ...
Well, my gosh. It is nearly half way through the month of March and I have yet to give out some Cheers and Jeers in the year 2023. Well, I can’t let that oversight go on any longer, so here are a lot of Cheers going out to those who deserve it, and a few Jeers to those who also deserve them ...
Some folks go somewhere warm this time of year to escape the long Minnesota winter for a while. They do things like sit on a beach, golf, swim or just relax. We did that escape time last week with a trip to Ft. Myers-Cape Coral area. But we didn’t golf, go to a beach or even attend a Twins ...
You might recall that last week in this space I wrote about being interviewed, and talking a bit about Blue Earth and Faribault County. Perhaps you wondered why I was being interviewed – in front of video cameras, no less. Well, it had to do with the famous Jane Doe case in Blue Earth a ...
