Opinion
My crew of four headed north to a family cabin over the weekend.
Fun, right? Spending time with family at a beautiful lake in the summertime is always good. I enjoy being there, but getting there is a different issue.
First, comes the packing.
I hate packing. Hate. It.
My stomach lurches and my...
In just a few weeks, baseball players and fans from across Minnesota will be coming to New Prague as the city serves as host to the Minnesota Class B and C Amateur Baseball Tournament.
The New Prague Orioles, the City of New Prague and many others have been preparing for this event for more...
It seems like it was not that long ago when snow covered the ground and we were longing for spring weather, so we could get outside and enjoy the outdoors.
OK, granted we had a late winter and had received 15 inches of snow in mid-April, so it was just a little more than three months ago, but...
In two weeks, residents of New Prague and of the New Prague Area School District will get the opportunity to become a decision maker in their community.
The City of New Prague will have three of its four city council seats on the ballot this fall, as well as the office of mayor. Two of the council...
Next week the Rice County Fair starts its six-day run in Faribault. The Scott County Fair follows a week later in Jordan, and the Le Sueur County Fair starts in mid-August.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “county fair” in a very simple way: “A fair usually held annually at a set location in...
Puppies are a bundle of energy. They are a joy to watch, they are a pain to watch. They are cute, they are monsters. They are angels, they are demons.
All of this is true, as we’ve rediscovered over the past few weeks.
Last winter, Jenny decided it was time to welcome a new family member into our...
I found my first arrowhead last summer.
Last week, I found my second.
And now, I have the bug— the desire—to know more about the fascinating old points that washed up on the shoreline of the lake my family has lived on for more than 60 years.
I came across both arrowheads by chance.
I enjoy taking...
Last week’s shooting in Annapolis, MD, left five newspaper employees dead and several others wounded. A man with a grudge over an article from six years earlier opened fire on the office after first blocking the rear exits to the building. The incident could have been worse, had it not been for the...
“It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more...
I found my first arrowhead last summer.
Last week, I found my second.
And now, I have the bug—the desire—to know more about the fascinating old points that washed up on the shoreline of the lake my family has lived on for more than 60 years.
I came across both arrowheads by chance.
I enjoy taking...
