Commentary: Lessons from the drought

We may be getting some rain, and the temperature is turning cooler, but make no mistake we’re still in a drought. Our Environmental Services division monitors the impact of the drought on the region’s water resources, and the Mississippi River…

Cooper purrs easily

Cooper is grey tabby domestic shorthair male kitten (born April 8), with a very friendly, playful personality. He loves to jump up into laps and have his chin/behind his ears rubbed, and will even occasionally give kisses! He purrs easily,…

Letter: Our hospitals would be overflowing

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen, a Chaska family physician, according to an interview in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, is calling for civil disobedience against the COVID-19 vaccine and wearing masks. He is asking all of us to ignore vaccine and…