Jim Graeve, St. Joseph Jim Read is running for the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 13A that runs from Paynesville to St. Joseph. I’ve known Jim Read for nearly 30 years, and hiring Jim to work for us as our representative in the legislature is kind of like hiring a carpenter to build a house. Jim knows government like
Kolb backs Fitzthum for mayor
Jeff Kolb, Sartell Ryan Fitzthum is an outstanding member of our community. I believe he is the right person to lead our community forward. Ryan’s dedication and commitment to the city of Sartell shows why he is my choice for our next mayor. His background as a firefighter also shows his dedication to serving others and our community. Ryan grew
Vote Ringsmuth for St. Cloud school board
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