Bob Grise, St. Joseph Dennis Dalman’s recent column reminds us that all the Democrats have for 2020 are hoaxes, hyperbole and hysteria and the same type of ideas that ground our economy to a near halt under Obama. After reading Dalman’s 13 points, I wondered if he had heard the news Trump didn’t collude with “The Russians.” Mr. Dalman, the
An open letter to chief justice, senators
Leona Wieland, Sartell The statement needed for decorum in the Senate Chambers was noted. How about holding responsible those who tell lies? Repeating the lie about WMD got us into war with Iraq in 2003. The costs in money and lives are reprehensible: $1.1 trillion, 4,000 American and 200,000 civilian lives. Do not allow lies to continue today. Specifically, I
Overreaction on climate change makes us vulnerable to fear tactics
Randy Klaphake, St. Stephen I would like to respond to a letter written recently in this paper about climate change and list a few things we know, and don’t know, more from a scientific perspective. We know the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere have increased the last 300 years, or preindustrial era timeframe, from 280 PPM to
Instead of Democrats, stick with Trump
Bob Grise, St. Joseph Chaos replaced competence in the Oval Office writes Editor of the St. Joseph Newsleader, Mike Knaak. Democrats’ policies are so bad they can’t win the debate, so they call those that disagree with them names like Russian stooge, racist, homophobe, climate denier and now causers of chaos. No chaos when nice guys like George Bush and
Embrace a plant-based diet for the new year
Serge Nesbitt, Sartell The end-of-year/New Year holidays seem to whiplash us from one extreme to the other: eat, drink and be merry versus the customary New Year’s resolutions: reduce social media, reduce weight and embrace a plant-based diet! One third of consumers already report reducing their consumption of animal foods. Hundreds of school, college, hospital, and corporate cafeterias have embraced
Thanks for sharing veterans’ profiles
Rosie Court, St. Joseph Thank you to Tom Klecker, American Legion Post 328 member, who for the past year interviewed veterans and profiled those honorable men and woman in our area who served our country. Your narratives of those veterans shared their personal history, their military service, sometimes painful to describe and other times transforming their lives. It gives us
‘No’ means no chickens
Denise Rinne, Sartell Chickens Again! I have read several articles concerning the “pet chickens” and Sartell’s ordinance. I applaud the City Council for being patient with the Siemens family and hearing their concerns at the Open Forum. I have to question the reasoning of the continued time and effort to change the ordinance when clearly the City Council has said
If the community is not about education, then what are we about?
Joe Schulte, Sartell I would like to start this letter of support for a yes-vote on the operating levy by asking every community member this question – “If the ISD748 community is not about education, then what are we about?” You might answer, “We’re a mill town.” Sadly I’d say, “…not any more.” Maybe you’d offer, “We’re a bedroom community.”