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    April 5, 2018
    Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver (23) is congratulated by left fielder Ryan LaMarre (right) after the game against the Seattle Mariners at Target Field on Thursday, April 5. (Jeffrey Becker / USA TODAY Sports)
    McFeely: Garver makes biggest mark at Twins home opener
    MINNEAPOLIS — The most talked-about moment of the Minnesota Twins home opener at Target Field happened before the game. As part of the...
    sportsApril 5, 2018 - 8:59pm
    February 4, 2018
    Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) celebrates with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (R) after defeating the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LII on Sunday, Feb. 4, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Kirt Dozier / USA TODAY Sports
    McFeely: It's Foles' world and Brady, Wentz are just living in it
    MINNEAPOLIS—Tom who? For that matter, Carson who? At least for now. In a Super Bowl in which it was expected the greatest quarterback in...
    sports/footballFebruary 4, 2018 - 11:45pm
    September 3, 2017
    McFeely: Casino opponents get a victory, for now
    FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Opponents of a proposed casino project on Minnesota's Star Lake won an important victory Tuesday, Aug. 22, but whether it's a lasting one is far from determined. This story has all the makings of an it's-never-over-'til-it's-over tale. The five-member Otter...
    newsSeptember 3, 2017 - 8:15am
    June 24, 2017
    McFeely: Commissioners get an earful on northern Minn. casino project
    PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn.—A steady stream of opponents made their way to microphones inside the Pelican Rapids High School auditorium Thursday, June 15, voicing concerns to Otter Tail County commissioners about a proposed casino project on Star Lake. Their goal was unmistakable:...
    opinionJune 24, 2017 - 10:18am
    June 5, 2017
    File photo. The Washington Post.
    With his London tweets, Trump embarrasses himself - and America - once again
    The stoic determination and decency of the British people and their leaders was on full display in the hours after the latest horrific terrorist...
    opinion/columnsJune 5, 2017 - 9:57am
    February 20, 2017
    McFeely: Fergus Falls newspaper drops columnist for 'body-shaming'
    FARGO — The column that got Alan Linda yanked as an unpaid contributor to the Fergus Falls Daily Journal was not particularly entertaining,...
    newsFebruary 20, 2017 - 7:35pm
    February 27, 2013
    Column: Upping the odds for humanity
    It's been a while since we visited the Darwin Awards, which are awarded posthumously (or is that "post-humorously?") to those adults who, because...
    opinionFebruary 27, 2013 - 4:53pm
    February 21, 2013
    Connie Vandermay/FOCUS This year's traditional Vandermay "mystery" birthday cake.
    Column: The tradition of the mystery cake
    "So the cones are the nails? And the cupcakes must be... fingers?" That was the comment from my nine-year-old son last weekend as he checked...
    opinionFebruary 21, 2013 - 6:15pm
    February 15, 2013
    Column: Aging appliances create a soap opera set in the basement
    There was another ruckus down in the basement last night, about the fourth or fifth one these last two weeks. I went down to see what the heck...
    opinionFebruary 15, 2013 - 10:51am
    January 25, 2013
    Column: A 13-year-old with a bumptious bite has Dad bracing himself for the bill
    First, let me say: I love dentists. Now this story, from a daughter who needed braces, way back when she was 13. I took her and her bumptious...
    opinionJanuary 25, 2013 - 1:20pm
    January 18, 2013
    Column: Diving for Fish
    I'm honestly not sure which hit the icy water first - the fish or my husband. The line snapped just as the Northern was coming up out of the...
    opinionJanuary 18, 2013 - 1:35pm
    January 4, 2013
    Columnists: A yodeling pickle, you say? The worst gifts possible
    At Christmas time, I find myself missing my hardware store, which always saw a panicky influx of male shoppers the day before Christmas. They...
    opinionJanuary 4, 2013 - 9:20am
    December 31, 2012
    Chloe Miller is one of Roberta Miller's rescue boxers who lives in Perham. "Those people that foster I give them so much credit," Roberta said. Chloe and Hanna only had a few days with a foster home before the Millers' gave them their "Forever Home." Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS
    Column: Happy Dog Year!
    It was my very own season of the itch this past summer when I up and decided it was finally time I got a dog. My year 2012 will be remembered...
    opinionDecember 31, 2012 - 5:15pm
    December 27, 2012
    Column: 'Merry Christmas,' I shouted
    This column is a repeat of my 2011 greeting. Three hundred one Americans died in Afghanistan in 2012. In the last month, one Minnesotan, Dale Means, 23, of Jordan, died there. Beyond those numbers, deaths of service personnel from suicide exceed combat deaths. What a tragic, painful...
    opinionDecember 27, 2012 - 12:57pm
    Column: Wrapping up hope for kids at Christmas
    Ask my kids what their favorite thing about Christmas is, and they will probably say, "Presents." I'm not saying my kids are abnormally greedy....
    opinionDecember 27, 2012 - 12:50pm
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