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The other day in church, the minister was explaining The Trinity: The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. Myself, I think I grew up with one of these three...

I’d like to start off by thanking all those who came to my 5k Run/Walk this past Saturday morning, and those who donated to the American Diabetes Association. Despite the...

“You know,” said the young lady sweeping my groceries across the bar code reader, “these strawberries? You buy one, you get one free.” Oh, um, what? My mind was busy,...

Mothers are teachers. Mothers are disciplinarians. Mothers are cleaning ladies, and some mothers are gardeners and mowers of lawns. Mothers drive trucks, and own chain saws, both of which they...

I have my age-old fondness for where our English language comes from. In the process, I myself have become age-old. Our language is old, so the fact that I am...

I hope you all have enjoyed this warm weather we’ve been having and have taken advantage of it and have been able to go outside and get active. This past...

Not too long ago, I took a gallon of DDT pesticide to the recycling center in Detroit Lakes. The gallon came from my parents’ farm in Iowa; I still had...

Last weekend in Glendale, Colo., the Saint John’s University rugby team beat Duke 31-16 to become DIII national champions. As a proud alumnus of the team, I feel honor-bound to...

Back in the mid-1950s, when I was first becoming aware of girls and muscles, I figured the likelihood that I was going to get some of either was highly questionable...

As the controversy rages over whether or not the U.S. mail should or should not deliver mail on Saturday in order to cut operating costs, I have yet another opinion...

Annual maintenance of home heating appliances mostly applies to gas and oil forced air furnaces, so that’s what we’re going to talk about here. This maintenance varies from some simple...

Ways you can tell that spring is coming: First, some archaeological remnants of last summer’s civilization begin appearing here and there in your yard. These partial apparitions at first seem...

How about a little Easter trivia? A reader dropped by our office earlier this week to share some information from an old issue of the Detroit Lakes Tribune, which tells...