I had a strong dose of a sense of ‘community’ recently. You know, that feeling of people taking pride in the place where they live. It often happens in small towns, but not every small town has it. Trust me, I know this. I grew up in suburbs of San Diego and Denver and even a bit of ...
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 ...
As I write this, the Minnesota Vikings are 14-2 and about to play the 14-2 Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football. At stake, the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The loser drops all the way down to the No. 5 seed. And that is amazing in many ways. First off, a 14-3 team is going to be a fifth seed. ...
Every year, during this particular week when we are doing our Top 10 Stories of the Year in the last edition of the Faribault County Register for the year, I sit down and take some time to write this column. And every year this column is virtually the same. So I am going to start out with the ...
What? Can Christmas really be just a few days away? Is that really possible? Well, it must be true, because this issue of the Faribault County Register is our annual “Good News” edition. You can consider it our Christmas gift to all of our readers. We try to fill it with nothing but ...
Now, before I start this week’s column, let me make one thing perfectly clear. I was neither for nor against the idea of the city of Blue Earth building some tiny houses. But I will admit I found the idea interesting. I mean, I sort of live in a tiny house. It is certainly smaller than ...
“Oh, the places you will go, and the people you will meet, And the stories you will write, that all will be so sweet. And those photos you will take, they will all be such a treat.” My apologies to one of my favorite authors, Dr. Seuss, for my rather poor attempt to paraphrase one of ...