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Governor Tim Walz spoke at the 158th annual Minnesota Newspaper Association convention on Friday, January 31. The MNA convention was held at the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest hotel in Brooklyn Park that week. The attached video features Walz speaking at the Friday afternoon banquet that day on topics such as the 2025 state legislative session as well as ideas the government can work with on helping the health and well being of newspapers across the state. Walz's appearance was followed by a...
A deranged, lunatic Democrat in California has called on the public to resort to using violence in the fight against Elon Musk's war on fraud, waste and abuse in the United States federal government. The attached Sky News Australia video on YouTube spells out what happened. From Sky News Australia, Democrat Representative Robert Garcia is under fire for controversial comments surrounding billionaire Elon Musk. During his interview on CNN, Garcia said that Americans should "bring actual weapons...
Bitter cold has gripped the Bonanza Valley area this week. Temperatures plunged to 20 or more below zero on Monday night, February 10, with the temperature before school began shown in the attached photo on Tuesday, February 11. By 11:30 a.m. it rebounded to a "balmy" negative one degree. Negative 22 is in the forecast for Wednesday night. It's a great time to have wood heat, which is more and more rare today....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team concluded their regular season with a 7-12 overall record. In the Central Minnesota Conference, they finished in third place with a 4-2 record behind Holdingford and Paynesville Area. On Monday, February 10, the Section 5A seedings were released for the upcoming playoffs. The Jaguars earned the No. 5 seed and open with a quarterfinal match at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg high school on Thursday this week (February 13) at 7 p.m. They face the No. 4-seeded...
Coming to the Bonanza Valley area on Friday, February 14 Tom and Anne Kampsen and the friendly staff of the KaDe Shack in Brooten invite everyone to their Valentine's Day supper. They will serve from 5 to 9 p.m. at just $12 a person with a menu including shrimp, chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy plus salad. Heidi's Bar in Sedan has a big act coming for Valentine's Day, with Dana Robinson and the Bottle Rockets playing on Friday, February 14 from 8 p.m. to midnight. No cover charge! Brink's...
On Thursday, February 13 in Washington, D.C., U.S. Senator Rand Paul provided examples of wasteful spending during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing titled "Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy." The attached video features Senator Paul speaking during this committee hearing. Senator Paul said, "The U.S. should not be the world's sugar daddy, especially towards countries and organizations who act contrary to our nation's beliefs. Our country is 36 trillion dollars in debt, yet we...
On February 12, Congresswoman Fischbach (MN-07) introduced the Investing in Rural America Act to provide critical capital resources to rural communities through improvements to the Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program. "Rural communities across the country are struggling to retain population, much less attract future generations. One way Congress can support them is by eliminating unnecessary regulatory barriers to capital investment, particularly on critical community facilities like hos...
Consolidation in agriculture and restrictions on farmers’ rights when it comes to repairing their own equipment will be the focus of a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) town hall meeting featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, March 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at 57002 180th Street in rural Donnelly. Farmers and other rural residents are invited to take part in this discussion, but space is limited. To reserve a spot, see https://bit.ly/Ellisontownhall or contact LSP western M...
