Musings...Oh those lazy crazy days of Christmas break.”

As we all know, the first few days of Christmas break were not exactly ideal. The last day of school wound up being another virtual day and counting it as the first day of Christmas break I averaged over four hours a day shoveling and blowing snow for the first three days of break.

My Two Cents Peace, not division

The truth is always a little more complicated than a headline. Having been in the news business for about 40 years now, I’ve often said how easy it is to slant the facts to fit an objective. More concisely, how just a few words contained within a story can make it positive, negative, or neutral.

Bowesmont Lives

The Derk and Jolene Maggert family of Fergus Falls were already visiting Merv and Phyllis Holter when Craig and Ann Holter, Case and Cassie of Willman arrived Dec. 23 to spend the holiday.

Letter from the Publisher

Vacation is over and it’s back to school for our area children. I love this! I like having a routine, a schedule to follow, and knowing what to expect out of our day-to-day comings and goings. Winter break, although a great amount of fun, gets me all out of sorts.

Musings...“An Inconvenient Christmas” by Lyle

The Oak Ridge Boys are my second favorite Country Music Vocal group. They are a very, very close runner up to my all time favorites, the Statler Brothers.

Prairie Doc® Perspectives:

At my house, classic TV is a given. My 93-year-old father-in-law enjoys watching reruns of westerns, Perry Mason, Andy Griffith, and Gomer Pyle.

My Two Cents | Remember the reason for the season

Noise. Noise. Noise. No, it’s not the kind that makes you plug your ears, like an explosion. It’s more insidious than that. I’m talking about the flood of messages we are bombarded with day in and day out from a wide range of sources. If you listen to all the noise it can be overwhelming.

An Eclectic Editor:

“The townsfolk will blame us for bringing the cold and show up with torches and pitchforks, I just know it,” is the text message I woke up to from Phil this morning (he has quite the sense of humor).

Letter from the Publisher

Just like that, the holidays are behind us for another 12 months and the new year is upon us. Do you have a new year’s resolution? I’ve never been in the habit of choosing something to resolve.

“BOMBERS WEEKLY” COLUMN

This week at the school has been pretty eventful, and between dissecting animals to concerts, it has been a fun one. On Monday, the week started with the elementary school having STEM labs, then midway through the day, the high school and 6th grade had a “house teams'' event.