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Minnesota covers a distance of a bit over 405 miles from north to south and 354 miles from east to west at extreme points; the total area is 83,365 square miles or 51,749,120 acres. The water surface …

While Foley is home to many hard workers who take pride in their day jobs, the community benefits strikingly from people who don’t collect a check in exchange for their labor. From T-ball …

Benton Economic Partnership encourages new business owners and entrepreneurs to plan for the year ahead by creating a 2024 business plan. Developing an effective business plan, and continuing to …

Reuniting sister cities

Duelm is a quaint, unincorporated community in Benton County known for its beloved church, rich agricultural history, family-owned restaurant, small park with baseball and softball diamonds, a few …

Celebrating funny

The not-too-stiff-necked controversy of whether or not the town’s summer parade should proceed on the street parallel to the local nursing home calls for a quick review: the necessity of …

Bittersweet snapshots

I’ve purged my storage closet of six boxes of saved memorabilia — childhood art projects, worksheets, toys and stuffed animals from my childhood along with that of our sons. Throughout, …

Happily unsatisfied

If life is anything, it’s complicated. Sometimes, we would give anything to have a moment alone to relax. Isolation for too long, however, is the basis of solitary confinement — a …

Who are the chosen people?

If someone is privileged to witness for many years the good and the bad of human instincts and is asked to judge the value of some of the most significant changes that occurred in the past century …

Lessons from the lunchroom

Having dined at Foley High School more than once, I can confidently say students here are fortunate to indulge in meals far beyond my previous standards for school lunches. The FHS menu contains …

Studying the clouds

The peculiar and unexpected weather that has marked much of America for the past months has given way to rising suspicions and worry. After all, absolute predictions of the force of interacting …

Hope

Hope is a powerful human emotion. People have written and talked about hope for thousands of years. The Apostle Paul wrote about hope often in his letters to Christian congregations suffering through …

Hitting the jackpot

A group of 30 teachers and school staff from Kentucky recently contributed to a $2 Powerball ticket that earned them a combined $1 million in late January. The coworkers and retired employees …

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