Learn to Skate The joint Fairmont Youth Hockey Association and Fairmont CER program, Learn to Skate, is an excellent way to teach youth the fundamentals of skating. Every year dozens of children go through the program and it’s great to see the continued support from parents and the ...
Infrastructure bill will address many problems The infrastructure bill passed last week by Congress will send $1 trillion surging to the 50 states for public works, roads, bridges, water improvement and broadband expansion. This money has been needed for years. Minnesota provided a prime ...
Donate to Lakeside Cemetery To the editor: Lakeside Cemetery is celebrating 150 years of providing a beautiful and peaceful resting place for those who have passed and friends and family who come to visit. We are extremely proud of the services we provide. Although we receive income from the ...
How is electricity generated? To the Editor: The recent article in the paper about the charging stations for electric vehicles made me wonder, where will the electricity come from? Out here in the Midwest we have several sources: coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar and wind. Some people ...
The 5th U.S. Court of Appeals put a hold on the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate ordering businesses with over 100 employees to have them vaccinated, or get weekly testing. The mandate was to take effect Jan. 4, but the appeals court paused the rule, saying it raised “grave ...
Politics in America has become so polarized in recent years that one wonders if there an effective bipartisan government is going the way of the passenger train and 25-cent a gallon gasoline. Can we have a government where representatives debate, listen to each other, come up with compromises, ...