Blame game hurts honest gun violence debate
Connor Kockler After the horrific shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Valentine’s Day, we saw a nation shocked and horrified by...
Opinion
Letter: Trump is a court jester of epic proportions
Kent Nelson Sartell In medieval or Renaissance times kings, (the governing monarchs), would employ court jesters to amuse the king's...
Reader responds to gun violence Editorial and Letter
Kay Steiner, Sartell You are absolutely right Erin. Someone should have shown benevolence to Cruz when he demonstrated mental disability...
There’s a gun debate closer to home
Two weeks ago, the agenda for this legislative session looked pretty routine. After a summer of court battles, Gov. Mark...
Staying out of jail is easy: don’t lie to the cops
Don’t lie to the cops. Talk about stating the obvious. But it’s a lesson apparently not widely learned. The current...
Massacre survivors speak truth to power
The survivors of the butchery at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida,, are speaking truth to power –...
Stearns sheriff race shaping up on ballot
Stearns County will elect a new sheriff this fall. The race should be one of the most interesting and most...
Gun debate is about dollars, cents
Thoughts and prayers. We heard those words again last week after another angry man picked up his legally purchased battlefield...