Happy 1st birthday to a very special great-grandson, Dawson Michael Wasvick, on September 11th. We were never so blessed as the day you were born. Love you. Have a...

As August rolls over into September and a new school year begins, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on the earliest days of education in our county; the one-room...

Whether we know it or not, nature speaks to us via metaphor.  It follows then that TRUTH may be found in the metaphor of nature; because, we are just a part of nature and...

Question: I saw in one of your recent articles talking about stopping for a school bus. In the article you stated, “Motorists are not required to stop for a bus if the bus...

       According to R. M. Patterson, Nicholas Ignatieff was a dreamer, but the War interrupted his vision. It was thought that as soon as the fighting was over, he would...

Twenty-five years later, and I can still see the bulky television in the corner of my office.It was Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, and we were on deadline to produce our...

Remember the time Ma got lost?  I get goose pimples when I think of it now.  She walked to town with Kasper, and she went on to Warroad to take care of some business.  At...

 Lake of the Woods School library has a wide variety of books for all ages and grades. We try to stay on top of new publications and series our students enjoy. We also have...

It's good to be writing again, even though — if I'm honest — I don't really love the actual sitting-down-and-writing part of it. I never have. Every column starts the same...

There's a short window each year when the farmers markets and grocery bins fill up with fruit at its absolute best — and late summer into early fall is prime time here in...

Happy birthday to a special great-nephew, Asher Wilmer, on September 7th. Have a great day. Happy anniversary to Dan and Julie Knight on September 6th. Have an awesome...

September is National Suicide Awareness Month. Awareness efforts are an important part of opening conversations about suicide, reducing stigma surrounding mental health,...

The Supreme Court just violated the U.S. Constitution again by allowing Trump to meddle with mail-in ballots. Even though the legal dust has not yet settled on this issue,...

Question: I see a lot of people not wearing their seat belts correctly. Several of them have the shoulder belt worn underneath the shoulder/arm. Can you provide some...

         Captain Butler was not a man to write in such a way as to mislead a reader's vision; he penned that The Black Canyon was a place of terror. It was described as...