In this climate, I doubt that switching our perspectives, forecasts and our physical lives from one season to the next is ever more filled with personal memories than these weeks that lead into …

While Americans typically spend Thanksgiving expressing gratitude and celebrating with family, it is immediately followed by a day known for shopping mall stampedes and cutthroat capitalism. …

I have always brought out my pink clothing during October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but last year, I learned how devastating the disease can truly be from people who battled it …

Sooner or later, if we’re fortunate enough to live through our childhood years and then cap that first period when we blaze through our teen years, face young adulthood and wander into midlife …

“O’Zapft is” translates to “It is tapped” from the Bavarian dialect of German. The mayor of Munich, Germany, has announced these words every year since 1950 once …

In the 1920s, Benton County’s interest in the laws pertaining to the maintenance of law and order in the era of Prohibition varied. Personal opinions ranged from “Send every moon shiner …

Crop residue, by definition, is the vegetative material left behind after harvesting and often includes leaves, stalks, straw, pods, cobs and roots. Like many things in the agricultural world, …

Do you remember the first time you saw the northern lights dance across the sky? I can still recall my first aurora borealis sighting in central Minnesota. It was last Monday. With reports …

Addressed variously as Don, Donnie, Donald or “that Teff kid who ended up in New York,” our friend never quite divested himself from his identity as a rural Minnesotan. He joked that when …

In an age where smartphones and bright TV screens provide an instant shield from unwanted social interaction, talking to unfamiliar faces often seems like more of a chore than an opportunity to make …

Be kind. Don’t pick on her (or him). Everyone isn’t as lucky as you are. No fighting! A little different, but she (or he) probably has a special talent that’s simply not flaunted. …

One of the best parts of living in Greater Minnesota is taking in the natural world all around us and the fascinating wild creatures that call our part of the state home. Eagles, deer, turkeys, …