January 26, 2021 11:49January 26, 2021 11:46January 26, 2021 11:44January 19, 2021 11:16January 12, 2021 11:14January 12, 2021 11:13

A lifetime of confronting diseases of animals

On a June 1st, 8 a.m., I walked in the back door of the Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic here in Windom. Thirty-five years later, at 5:30 p.m., I walked out that same door and I headed into retirement. Wednesday, January 27, 2021

School buses and winter

Question: Winter sometimes provides snowbanks - barriers in town, eliminating the turn lane, between east and west bound lanes. If a bus is stopped and the stop arm is extended, must opposing traffic stop? Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Another head-scratcher

I've said it before and I'll say it again: When COVID-19 arrived, common sense went out the door. I'm a mask-wearer. I don't like them, but I wear them. The Mayo Clinic's study on mask wearing proved to me that wearing masks limits the chance of spreading the virus. So, I wear my mask. Wednesday, January 27, 2021

So much hatred

I've written at least a half-dozen columns since the start of the pandemic in Minnesota, over 10 months ago, that never saw the printed page. Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Considerations needed before local hunt OKs rifles

During the early 2020 Minnesota legislative session a bill was introduced to allow rifle deer hunting throughout the state. We have always been a shotgun with single slug zone in the approximately southwest half of Minnesota. Wednesday, January 13, 2021

In the face of a pandemic, cities strive to carry on

In March of 2020, just as legislative deadlines approached for Minnesota House and Senate policy committees to complete their work at the state Capitol and that activity was at its peak, the legislative session took an abrupt turn. Wednesday, January 13, 2021