We’ve heard for years that “all politics is local” – a phrase attributed to former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill. This year, we also need to remember that all elections are local. General election day is Nov. 3, the day the entire country votes for a president as well as a long ballot of other federal, state
Aug. 26 St. Joseph police blotter
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the St. Joseph Police Department at 320-363-8250 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301 or access its tip site at tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a crime. July 30 3:25 p.m. Collision. CR 75 and Eighth Avenue
Stop attacking Trump
Mark Pelham, Sartell I’m mystified as to why your opinion page spews one-sided political vitriol every week. In the latest edition, the editorial and both opinion pieces are basically attacks on President Trump. Enough already. Embrace the fact your readership is not as liberal as you are. I usually skip the page entirely because I’ve seen so little content that
Sept. 4 Sartell police blotter
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301, or access its tip site at tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a crime. Aug. 25 8 a.m. Extra patrol. Third Street N. A caller
Sept. 4 St. Joseph people
Ethan Novacinski of St. Joseph recently graduated summa cum laude from St. John’s University. He was also named to the spring semester dean’s list at SJU.
Kamala Harris fails the skin test
Bob Grise, St. Joseph Elections are coming up so the St. Joseph NewsLeader has brought back the one note Samba, Dennis Dalman, to smear President Trump. The insults come hard and fast in Dalman’s recent column. Dalman calls Trump abysmal, a mishandler, a liar, notorious, in denial, dismissive of all facts, deluded, a blamer, speaks nonsense, sinking in a hole
Keep local news alive
Juliana Howard, St. Joseph Did you know since 2004, 2,000 American newspapers have gone out of business? These days of COVID-19 are particularly difficult for local newspapers, such as The Newsleaders, which is distributed free of charge. I wonder if we really appreciate the importance of having a local paper that does such a good job of covering community events,
Aug. 25 Sartell police blotter
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 320-255-1301, or access its tip site at tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a crime. Aug. 18 10 a.m. Escort. Second Street N. An officer escorted