With gasoline prices at the pump rising like a SpaceX celebrity rocket launch, governors and state lawmakers around the country are looking for ways to ease the impact for their citizens. One idea being pushed is to call a holiday on state or even federal gasoline taxes. These are the ...
Free Kids’ Clothing Swap’ To the Editor: The Christian Church of Fairmont and Bethel Free Evangelical Church are hosting their first ever ‘Kid’s Clothing Swap’ from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 26, at the Christian Church located on 625 Johnson St. in Fairmont. We are inviting ...
Residents and business owners in southern Minnesota are feeling the pain of high gas prices. The prices are set by a number of factors, from who the individual station buys it from, how much they pay, demand and how competitive the local market is. It also depends on supply, and right now the ...
There is a week left in the filing period for candidates to run in the special election to replace the Rep. Jim Hagedorn. So far, the list of candidates is leaning far to the right. Four Republicans have filed to run to fill out the rest of Hagedorn’s term. The one DFLer is Richard W. ...
Addressing YMCA misinformation To the Editor: We continue to be amazed by the amount of misinformation about the YMCA that continues to be published in this papers’ Letter to the Editor section. We agree 100 percent that people are entitled to their opinions but it truly ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the Ukrainian state was in jeopardy, and he knew just who to blame — the Ukrainians themselves, or at least the democratically elected Ukrainian leaders who have pushed poor Vlad into sending his troops into their country, and refuse to ...