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Ask before you eat?
You may be well advised to ask the origin of wild berries or baked goods "laced" with wild berries before you eat them. Both the US Forest Service and Great River Energy conducted chemical spray programs in Cook County late this summer. Full Story
Unhappy with investigation
Thistale starts on Aug. 9 of this year. My wife and I got home from a kayak festival in Two Harbors to find our house broken into and trashed. As a taxpayer we called the police figuring someone would come out but were told that they were way too busy that night, so it would be the next day. Full Story
Educate yourself on 1% sales tax referendum
After reading News-Herald articles for the past few weeks about the proposed 1% Local Option Sales Tax referendum, I was left with many questions about the option and the proposed projects it would be used for. Full Story
More profit in war than health care
Did we hear a peep out of the Republicans when Bush was in office? He was spending billions annually for eight years on an elective war, bombing a nation which had not attacked us, and eventually killing more U.S. citizens (our soldiers) than all Americans who died on 9/11. Mission accomplished? And a few got richer. Full Story
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