Nothing gives you a better perspective on life than taking a “road trip” somewhere you’ve never, or seldom been. Last week, I was forced to make TWO ... not one ... but TWO road trips to St.
For several years now I’ve been living these two lives. One is in Grantsburg, WI where I have a home and a wife. The other is in Minneota, MN, where I have a business and an apartment.
Being a baseball fan, I’ve had my good days and I’ve had my bad days. It’s a very rare day, indeed, when all my teams win and make me a very happy man. But Sunday, was one of those days.
This has been the summer of moving dirt, building buildings and rain, rain and more rain.
Sure signs that things are not like they used to be: 1. Community groups that used to be valuable to every town are fading away. 2. Kids are too busy to go to Girls’ State anymore!
Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
If you’ve been paying attention to state or national politics, you may have heard mention of a coming “blue wave.”
Lois Ricke of Montevideo, formerly of Minneota, brought us a 1991 newspaper advertising the Minnesota State Fair and the shows that were on at the fair.
It was hard to believe when I walked outside of the Minneota American Legion Monday night on Memorial Day and felt raindrops “Falling on my head.”
They are missing Each year American Legion Commander Jim Fink points to me and says, “Will you read the Empty Chair” for us? I smile, nod and think to myself ... “It’s my honor.”