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    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Slow down to give and receive kindness
    Are you on the treadmill? Do you wake up each day knowing there are more things to be done than could actually be accomplished? Does it feel...
    opinion/columns14 hours 22 min ago
    Photo Illustration
    The Last Windrow: A time when people pulled together to save a town
    The farm house phone rang seven long rings. It was the emergency call set up by the local phone company. Anyone on the line was expected to pick...
    opinion/columns14 hours 58 min ago
    September 17, 2018
    The Last Windrow: Pheasant hunt memories remain crystal clear
    The red-faced rooster pheasant took flight from the standing cornfield and headed out over the flooded cattails. It was a cold South Dakota morning...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 17, 2018 - 11:00am
    Sheriff's Corner: Cass County utilizes new warning notification system
    The Cass County Sheriff's Office is excited to bring a new warning notification system to residents of Cass County called Integrated Public Alert...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 17, 2018 - 7:00am
    September 16, 2018
    This is the front cover art for the book The Giving Tree written by Shel Silverstein. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Harper & Row, or the cover artist, Richard Sherman. Wikipedia, fair use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
    The Cracker Barrel: 'The Giving Tree'
    Strange, how an object can conjure up old memories. You see it half-concealed beneath a patina of dust and cobwebs, lift it up, wipe it off,...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 16, 2018 - 10:00am
    September 15, 2018
    Pete's Point: New publication covered northern communities 35 years ago
    It was 35 years ago today that I started my career in the lakes area as a regional reporter for a new Northern Edition publication that would be inserted each Wednesday in the Brainerd Dispatch. I remember that one of my first challenges was learning the area since I grew up and went...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 15, 2018 - 7:30am
    September 14, 2018
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Kindness lives on for years
    Have you ever had kindness show up just when you needed it? If your answer if yes, when you've finished your morning coffee, please send me your...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 14, 2018 - 7:12am
    September 10, 2018
    Vogt's Notes: I think I'm ready to become a snowbird
    It's time. After a few cooler nights with the windows open, my husband and I reluctantly decided it's time to trade in the lighter comforter...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 10, 2018 - 8:00am
    September 8, 2018
    Potted moms sold in fall are meant to be seasonal decorations and aren’t usually the varieties recommended for northern perennial gardens. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Mum's the word: Fall favorite can be perennial, even up here
    FARGO — What's the best part about the spritely colored potted mums sold in late summer at every national chain, hardware store and garden...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 8, 2018 - 9:31am
    Don Kinzler identifies this volunteer flower as Nicandra physalodes, known simply as Nicandra or apple-of-Peru. Submitted photo
    Trumpet-shaped volunteer flower identified
    Q: What is this growing in my planter of dahlias? — Edye Nye, North Ferrisburgh, Vt. A: What an interesting plant and flower. It's Nicandra...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 8, 2018 - 7:32am
    Minnesota Twins Insignia. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com - Extracted from a PDF file on the MLB website by Kalel2007 (talk)
    The Last Windrow: Has anyone seen my annual Minnesota Twins forecast?
    I've somehow lost the piece of paper with my 2018 Minnesota Twins prediction scratched on it. The forecast must have slipped out of my computer...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 8, 2018 - 7:30am
    Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders columnist.
    Dealing with parents' mementos as they move
    Dear Carol: My mom is currently in a short-term swing-bed facility and will soon be moving to a nursing home. Dad is in assisted living where...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 8, 2018 - 6:30am
    September 7, 2018
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Unicorn stickers, kindness bring back good memories
    FARGO — Can you remember what you got for your seventh birthday? How about your eighth? Ninth? Maybe there's one special present that stands...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 7, 2018 - 10:46am
    As I See It: Teachers matter too
    To quote a recent St. Paul Pioneer Press article reprinted in the Brainerd Dispatch, "Minnesota has one of the nation's largest achievement gaps. ... Students of color, those who are learning English and students who have special needs or come from low-income families routinely struggle...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 7, 2018 - 7:30am
    September 3, 2018
    Danecdotes: Music can have a strange effect
    A lot of things can trigger your brain in odd ways, whether it's a smell, a line from a movie or a familiar face. Lately, I have been noticing...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 3, 2018 - 6:00am
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