Aref N. Hassan, Sartell I am writing to express my support for Natalie Ringsmuth who is running for school board in St. Cloud. I have known Natalie for a number of years and can attest to her intelligence, hard work and moral character. She is best suited to serve District 742 because she possesses all the needed attributes to do
Vote yes for school levy
Chris Stanley, Sartell This year, the Sartell-St. Stephen School District is asking our community to support its plan to operate, educate and innovate. Educate It’s important to support our educators’ efforts to prepare students for life beyond the classroom. Voting yes helps maintain class sizes, provides personalized learning and expands programs vital to student success. As our community grows, it’s
Don’t take away rights with appointed sheriff
Kay Steiner, Sartell You have to be kidding! You would take one more of our rights to be represented by the people by making the office of sheriff an appointed office? Was regional government OK with you? Maybe I have to explain what regional government is or why it was set up. Regional government was set up to dissolve our
Fitzthum is well-rounded mayor candidate
Brandon Testa, Nikki Sweeter, Jason Mathiasen, Scott Widor, Sonja Babich, Sonia Nordmann, Brandon Johnson, Bill Worzala, Stuart Swenson, Mark Guggenberger, Jon Erickson. Sartell It is our immense pleasure to endorse Ryan Fitzthum for mayor of Sartell. As a hometown guy, Ryan has stayed incredibly involved in our community, including being on the city council, planning and zoning commission, joint planning
Howe will defend true conservative values
Tom Jonas, Cold Spring Joe Perske is running for state senate in District 13. I had a chance encounter with Joe recently. I told him as a life-long Republican, I intended to vote for Jeff Howe. Joe proceeded to express his disdain for party affiliation and said he was independent-minded, a consummate politician. After all he’s been “running” most of
Replace meat, dairy products with vegetables, fruits, grains
Sami Nicholson, Sartell Right on the heels of utter devastation wrought by hurricanes Florence and Michael, comes an alarming report in the prestigious journal Nature that mitigation of global climate change will require a massive switch to plant-based eating. The report concludes that global warming threatens the world’s very food supply, in addition to generating scorching heat, raging wildfires, devastating
Soyka has experience to run sheriff’s office
Ron Schmidt, St. Joseph With the Stearns County Sheriff election taking place this fall, I want to remind everyone that your vote matters. Please make sure you exercise your right and get out to vote. I have had the pleasure to know and work with each of the candidates running for sheriff. With that being said, I have decided to cast
Crime rates matter in sheriff’s race
John Justin, Sartell Crime and crime rates matter, and numbers don’t lie. As a Stearns County and Sartell resident and a Minnesota certified crime-prevention specialist, I am supporting Steve Soyka for Stearns County sheriff. Here’s why. Law-enforcement agencies in Minnesota report their crime information to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That information is then provided to the FBI. Both agencies