Visual Identity Vault Thank you to Jay and Tanya Doyscher for their generous contribution to help the small businesses in Martin County. Their business, Visual Identity Vault in downtown Fairmont is offering a free 2ft x 3ft banner for businesses in Martin County. The banner can include the ...
On Feb. 12, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange stood at 29,551 points. By last Friday, it had plunged to 21,636. Though the DJIA is just one measure of the value of securities worldwide, it is one seen widely as a guide to performance of the markets in general. ...
No doubt some members of Congress had to hold their noses while they were voting for the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. CARES includes a ton of money for initiatives that have nothing to do with COVID-19. Why on earth did anyone think it was important to cough ...
It is difficult if not impossible to wash your hands frequently if there is no water flowing through the pipes in your home. Yet, even as regular hand-washing may be a matter of life and death, water service has been shut off to some American homes - for non-payment of utility ...
It is estimated that 24,000 Americans have been killed by the viruses, thus far this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At its peak, the illness was claiming about 500 lives a week. Though the outbreak is trailing off, it may kill another 300 or more people ...
Millions of dollars in stock transactions on behalf of five U.S. senators have raised serious questions about their ethics — and whether they broke laws against insider trading. Clearly, the matter needs to be investigated, but not as a witch hunt with the preconceived notion that someone ...
Cooperation necessary There was some debate stirred up this week among Martin County commissioners, the sheriff and the County Attorney regarding what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s shelter-in-place order means. The question centers on whether the order carries any teeth to make it enforceable. ...
There is a reason “Yankee ingenuity” is recognized throughout the world. We Americans have a reputation for identifying challenges and devising ways to overcome them. But use your head if you decide to come up with a home remedy, a way to stretch supplies such as those of food or any ...
Americans are renowned for their compassionate generosity. When we learn of a need, we rush to fill it. It is time to double-down on that attitude of helping others. Throughout the nation, tens of thousands of non-profit organizations — some big national ones, others strictly local — are ...
Sources ranging from the CIA to the Census Bureau disagree on how reliant we Americans are on drugs and medical equipment imported from China. Extend that to international agencies and the variances are even greater. For example, some sources place China far down on the list of countries ...
It is difficult to view people refusing to help contain the COVID-19 coronavirus as anything but spoiled brats. The vast majority of them appear to be young. At least reports from our country, such as those of college students packing beaches for spring break, are relatively passive ...
Follow the guidelines Martin County residents learned this week that the first few cases of COVID-19 are popping up here. And there is community spread, which means those infected have not reported traveling or having come into contact with someone known to have the virus. In other words, ...
It is easy for many, right now, to get caught up in the anxiety that comes with the official effort to try to stem the spread of COVID-19. Certainly no one could be blamed for indulging in a little worry. But once we’ve got that out of our system, life is going to look very different for ...
Amid all the news about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing political process to select the nation’s next president has continued albeit with subdued media attention. Democrat Joe Biden, the former vice president, has been piling up victories in recent weeks, and this is good news ...
Great community spirit To the Editor: Thank you to all the local businesses that donated door prizes for the Ladies Monday Night Commercial Bowling League banquet on March 9. We appreciate your community spirit in giving to us some great prizes. Again, thank you. Sue Langford and other ...
Prudence, not panic, needs to be the order of the day among Americans. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to have gotten the memo. During a press conference Sunday, President Donald Trump noted that heads of major retail companies had told him something he never expected to hear: Don’t buy ...
The U.S. health care system — and thus, public policy regarding it — is coming under fire because of COVID-19. Among complaints are that there are not enough COVID-19 test kits, not enough ventilator machines to help sufferers breath, no vaccine quickly available and not enough hospital ...
Big tobacco lied for many years about the adverse health effects associated with its product. It has been proven in court through billions of dollars in settlements by some companies. The same goes for some in the drug industry, which knew even as they were reaping windfall profits from ...
Congratulations, Ken To the Editor: Ken Goraczkowski recently retired from Fairmont Ford. For 43 years, he worked as the body shop manager and service manager. Ken was a very dedicated hard-worker who put in long hours, many Saturday mornings and came in during adverse weather. He treated ...
Board drafts priorities The Blue Earth Area School Board this week discussed and outlined goals that we believe will serve the district well, with several being absolutely crucial. The school board knows it must address deficit spending, as it also works to pass an operating levy, something ...