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Along the way

Along the way

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Along the way

Christine Jensen
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
|In the saturating web of life’s ups and downs, we are curated with the strength and resilience to find our way through the soul’s purpose by exploring the wisdom of our experiences. In the capacity to see beyond transparency, we are cultivated by the courage to carry on through adversity.
My two cents | Sixty-four trips By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

My two cents | Sixty-four trips By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

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My two cents | Sixty-four trips By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

News Staff
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Every once in a while, I like to look back in time to see what happened in the past week in history.Having just completed my sixtyfourth trip around the Sun on September 23, 2025, I figure that I am just about old enough to become an historical figure.
This, that, and other stuff by Bob Simmons

This, that, and other stuff by Bob Simmons

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This, that, and other stuff by Bob Simmons

News Staff
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
On Charlie Kirk…So I ‘almost’ signed to carry conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on our KXPO AM/FM at Grafton a few years back to balance liberal commentator Joel Heitkamp who holds court in the morning on our stations, but instead signed to carry Fox talking head Jimmy Fallia.Why?
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News Staff
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Ignoring the Robinson-Patman Act is killing rural grocery stores and communitiesIn the heart of America, small towns are dying not from lack of will or work ethic, but from the steady erosion of their economic foundations.
My family after gathering for a meal at my favorite childhood eatery - The Hu Ke Lau in Chicopee, Mass.

My family after gathering for a meal at my favorite childhood eatery - The Hu Ke Lau in Chicopee, Mass.

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Pass the Tums by Bob Simmons

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
One of my favorite restaurants growing up back east was The Hu Ke Lau in Chicopee, Mass.The restaurant was known far and wide for its great Polynesian food. My favorite item on the menu was the Pu Pu Platter.
My two cents | Is it too late for us? By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

My two cents | Is it too late for us? By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

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My two cents | Is it too late for us? By Mike Alan Steinfeldt

News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
“ Nobody should die for speaking their mind, but…” That phrase should be stricken from all human thought, but how many times have you heard that since the murder of Charlie Kirk last week at a college gathering in Utah?
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News Staff
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Happy National Voter Registration Day!Organizations across the country are registering voters in their communities on September 16, 2025... except in North Dakota.
Along the way

Along the way

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Along the way

Christine Jensen
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
|Sometimes along the way, we are confronted with disappointments and setbacks. In the course of traveling through those antagonists of time and energy, we find peace and solitude in the quiet of life’s restorative tapestry.There were a few days last week I was feeling extremely low.
Christians standing in one accord are a silhouette of the Spirit-filled church. Photo by John Shafer

Christians standing in one accord are a silhouette of the Spirit-filled church. Photo by John Shafer

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Prism of prose

One Accord By Clint Van Camp
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
What does a Spirit-filled Church look like? We may conclude it is a church which retains the principles of the first century church. The early church in the Book of Acts was one of robust growth. It was a Spiritfi lled church. A.
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