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Veteran appreciated band program
I would like to sincerely thank Cook County Band Director Bill Tormondsen and the band for the wonderful program they put on for veterans and the community last Wednesday morning. I would also like to thank Gwen Carman and ISD 166 and all the students and community members who attended. Full Story
Thanksgiving thoughts
I am thankful for my shelter. Four years ago my mom didn’t like the hallways in our house, so we got a new house. While our house was getting built, we had to live in a trailer house, but we were still on the same property. It was fun, and also weird because we had to use a portable potty, and we got to run around, and got to play. Full Story
Poetic ponderings
Passing through town the other day I could see smoke heading for the bay Down by the hospital I did stop and stare
For smoke encased the complex of our medical care
Off to drive bus my mind was thinking
Something seemed to be rotten and stinking Full Story
Vikings stadium should not be funded by taxpayers
Last week Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Anderson-Kelliher announced that she will appoint a “Purple Ribbon” panel to study the possibility of funding a new billion dollar Vikings stadium with 75% of the funding coming from taxpayers. Full Story
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