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Opinion

The truth about Jan. 6 will come out

Local Editorials

Thirty-five Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted against creating a non-partisan commission to examine the causes and activities of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. But that doesn’t mean that we, the people, will never know the truth. The FBI is investigating and charging those ...

The big prize for vaccination is health

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Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday that the state will be giving out prizes to 100,000 people who get vaccinated against COVID-19 between Memorial Day weekend and the end of June. Prizes are nice, but fairly mundane, like Minnesota State Fair tickets, amusement park passes or fishing licenses. ...

They gave it their all

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As we celebrate Memorial Day today, we can be grateful for those American troops who are coming home from Afghanistan, where our soldiers have been deployed since 2001 in response to the 9-11 attacks. But especially, we honor today those who did not come home, those who gave their lives in ...

Et Cetera

Local Editorials

Roni Dauer We want to offer a big thank you to Roni Dauer for her 47 years of service with CER. Dauer’s commitment to the program and the people she worked with is a big part of what it means to be part of a thriving community. Dauer clearly enjoyed her work and while we’re sorry to see ...

Maybe Trump was right about COVID origins

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Former president Donald Trump always took great pains when talking about COVID-19 to call it the “Chinese flu.” He claimed he had intelligence reports that said the virus had been developed in a Wuhan, China clinic, that it escaped, and that the Chinese government ignored its existence ...

Good news on COVID-19 front

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Minnesota had a good weekend with the COVID-19 news. Active cases are down to 5,720, our lowest point since mid-September. The number of hospitalized patients is down, and the number of new hospitalizations is falling. No new deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in the state on Monday. Brown ...