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Successful Triathlon weekend To the editor: It truly took a village to host the Fairmont Youth and Adult Triathlons and the 5K Run for the Bacon this past weekend. The event begins with generous sponsors who believe in our mission and make it all possible. The City of Fairmont graciously allows us to use the Aquatic Park and Gomsrud Park. Our Park Department sets up the fencing for the bike transition areas, while the County provides traffic cones and street barriers to help keep athletes and spectators safe. Athletes were treated to fresh fruit and cookies donated by Hy-Vee and ...

Celebrating 250 years, but recognizing work needed

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Happy birthday to us! Next Saturday, our country will be 250 years old. I have been around for seventy of those. So, I’ve seen some things. We are just back from a trip to Europe. One of the advantages of traveling is perspective. Looking at America from across the ocean is like astronauts ...

Will they or won’t they?

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The Fairmont City Council tabled another project at its meeting this week. This one is for new pickleball courts which may or may not come to fruition. For some background, a few months ago the council approved a capital improvement project to move the courts from their current location at Veterans Park to the Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex. However, input was received, suggesting that they go elsewhere. Two of the locations included different sides of the soccer complex and the other location was where the skate park currently is. The Fairmont Park Board suggested they go at the ...

War and constitutional indifference

Columns

Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches have been complicit in a consistent pattern of constitutional indifference. Congress has regulated in areas of governance nowhere articulated in the ...

Minimum wage fail

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Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving ... Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work. But "workers' rights" activists and ...