When will we know that too many children have died?
Three sweet, innocent 9-year-old children were slaughtered last month in Nashville by a maniac wielding an assault rifle. Time once...
Editorial
Universal school free-lunch bill will strengthen learners, the state, the nation
Three cheers! Well, actually, four cheers. Minnesota is now the fourth state in the nation to offer free-of-charge breakfasts and...
It’s time to honor magnificent women, the famous ones and the unsung heroes
March is Women’s History Month, a time to remember, to discover and rediscover the often-ignored or suppressed historical achievements of...
A good idea’s time has come: Free lunches for all students
It’s time to celebrate a good idea whose time has finally come, or may be just around the corner –...
Durenberger brought home to rest after a life of work for the people
It’s fitting that former U.S Sen. David Durenberger, who died at 88 Jan. 31, was memorialized in St. John’s Abbey...
Should fentanyl be designated as weapon of mass destruction?
Alarm bells should be going off in everybody’s heads because fentanyl could someday become a weapon against America. In a...
Comprehensive sports coverage, unfortunately, is just not possible
Why don’t the Newsleaders (St. Joseph and Sartell-St. Stephen) cover a wider variety of sports on a regular basis? That...
Plastic pollution threatens us, as surely as climate change
For years, we have been told to recycle plastics and now we are hearing plastic recycling is largely just one...