Opinion
Looking back at COVID numbers with weekly statistics
With seven new cases of COVID-19 during the last week in March and seven more in April, Staples is still seeing the virus spread in the community. Motley also has seven new cases so far in April. Pillager, Wadena and Verndale had zero new cases...
Why is Easter a different Sunday every year?
Easter is the only holiday that combines the weekly calendar, lunar calendar and solar calendar to determine which day it is celebrated.
Easter is the first Sunday (weekly calendar) after the first full moon (lunar calendar) after the Spring equinox (...
Relationships free of violence
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Most of us are a bit uncomfortable talking about sex, but we need to get past the blushing and have a constructive conversation about sexuality and sexual abuse. Knowledge is essential to prevention and that is the goal. By...
Who are the greatest Americans?
By Lee H. Hamilton
Who are the most important Americans? It’s a question that’s sure to generate lots of disagreement. It might even start some passionate arguments. Everyone has a different idea of who they are.
Most of us would include presidents on the list:...
The Law of the Jungle is not what you think.
Most people who use the phrase think it is about surviving by brute force, but that is actually not what the original phrase meant.
British writer Rudyard Kipling invented the phrase with a poem in “The Jungle Book.”
This is the part that defines the...
First polio case in Staples?
When I was four years old in 1939, my mom took me to see Dr. Reichelderfer because I was sick and she did not know what was wrong. The doctor told her to take me to a doctor in Brainerd, so she did and he told her what I had was polio.
She came back and told the...
Poem to remember classmate
By Roger Haugen
For Jim Kurpius (1938-2022)
When you talk about courage and drive,
Not just living, but fully alive;
What more can you say?
He did it his way,
So here’s a postumous high-five.
When it came to passing life’s test,
Jim’s record is one of the best...
Celebrating Career and Technical Education Month
By Dr. Hara Charlier, President of CLC, and
Rebekah Kent Ehlebracht, Dean of Brainerd Career & Technical Programs and Customized Training
February was Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. While we celebrate technical education every day...
Counties present priorities to legislature
From the Association of Minnesota Counties
More than 250 county commissioners and officials from nearly every Minnesota county gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul as part of “County Day at the Capitol,” organized by the Association of...
MSHSL improving fan behavior
From the Minnesota State High School League
Recently students, schools and communities have experienced racist events that tell us we as school leaders have more work to do. Mistreatment of anyone on any basis is not only intolerable, it is something we, as...
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