I just wanted to write in and say thank you for running the phenology column by Jim Hovda. Our family, including our 11-year-old daughter, reads the Sauk Rapids Herald every week, and we always look …

I go for walks often at Sauk Rapids Lions Sunset Park on weekends. When I do, I pick up the various garbage left behind, especially along the river. I hadn’t been below the playground area for …

In the 1960s, John F. Kennedy in an address to the nation expounded this phrase: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” This phrase sent a …

Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck was right on point with his article, “Burglary prevention.” It offered lots of good ways to discourage burglary. Your readers should take the …

It seems to me that we don’t often hear about what children are picking up on from our former president, Donald J. Trump, when he speaks.   Presidents have always been looked up to as …

There are disgustingly horrific things taking place in our USA every day, with the most recent being the saga of Caitlin Clark. With her not being selected to be on the 2024 Olympic basketball team …

Nothing makes sense anymore.   On Jan. 6, 2021, we saw the former president’s violence at the Capitol on our TV sets.   Within 36 hours, five people died: Capitol Police …

“What makes a ‘feed efficient’ cow?”   by Isaac Salfer, University of Minnesota Extension, was a very interesting article. This article read by any farmer will help him …

School districts in Minnesota are in grave danger. Because school boards represent voters and taxpayers, start talking about how communities can stand together with schools to push back on the …

Veterans Memorial Park and the veterans monument owned by the city of Rice have been without flags on their poles for at least a month. They were removed as all three were very unserviceable. One …

As a forest ecologist, I am worried the 2.5 million acres of School Trust land managed by the Department of Natural Resources aren’t prepared for climate change. By law these lands are managed …

February was declared Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month by Congress in 2010 to raise awareness and education on teen dating violence and its impact on individuals, families and communities.   …