Blood drive Wednesday in Blue Earth An American Red Cross blood drive will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 235 E. 7th St. in Blue Earth. Extra sanitization will be in place. Please wear a face covering and practice good physical distancing. To schedule an ...

Yale University has fancy dining halls. They pay no property tax. Local restaurants struggle to compete, but their tax burden makes that hard. "We basically pay one-third of our rent in taxes!" complains Matt West, manager of Koon Thai Restaurant. "Yale is a money-making machine." It is. ...

Here's something you probably won't hear from either the left or the right: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is a much more important and influential Democrat than New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (or "AOC" for marketing purposes). Just this week, Manchin did something far more ...

In this current era of no compulsory military service, Veterans Day takes on personal meaning to fewer and fewer Americans. When the country transitioned to a voluntary military in 1973, about 1% of the population served on active duty. Today, it is less than one-half of 1%. But perhaps we ...

SENIOR DINING LSS MEALS ON WHEELS (in partnership with Heartland Senior Living in Truman) Meals on Wheels in Truman helps older adults maintain good health and remain living at home, by providing hot, nutritious meals Monday through Friday as well as a friendly visit and safety check for ...

When Pennsylvania was called, the world heard a quick boom, followed by the pffffffffft of a deflating presidency. Suddenly, the angry, paranoiac tweets that used to scare so many because, after all, Donald Trump was president, lost their menace. The air was escaping even before Joe Biden was ...