Prize-winners deserve praise for working for children’s rights
It’s a good positive sign of our times when the two who just won the Nobel Peace Prize are recognized...
Opinion
Let’s try to avoid contagion of fear
In a college biology course, professor Dr. Ralph Gunderson told us students that someday an epidemic could wipe out many...
Adrian Peterson’s case is going from bad to worse
Minnesota Vikings' superstar, Adrian Peterson, is in trouble. If you follow sports at all you doubtless know Peterson was arrested...
Teacher encourages pauses to thank others for the simple things
Lauren Thoma, Sartell This fall has brought my first year as a brand-new teacher. While it's been my first year...
A newspaper can be ‘the tie that binds’
(Editor’s note: We are publishing this editorial in honor of the upcoming National Newspaper Week, Oct. 5-11. It was written...
Job-growth statistics show brighter path
At a time when grim stories keep surfacing in the news – everything from ISIS brutalities to ebola scares –...
Secret Service dangerously off track
Some TV wit said it best, with sardonic irony: “Can’t the president or his wife just lock the front door?”...
When will the dog park open?
Your DogPAC committee, Kim George, Scott Grother, Lisa Pederson, Sherry Thien and Jenna Trisko When will the Sartell dog park open? Why isn't there a fence...