Opinion
School is out, the weather is warm and the kids have “nothing to do.”
It’s an age-old dilemma facing parents each year. How to get kids (and even parents) out of the house and away from their devices.
Minnesota hosts a wealth of opportunities for people to enjoy the great outdoors, and it only...
Another year of New Prague High School sports ends this weekend with four Trojan athletes competing at the State Track and Field meet at Hamline University in St. Paul.
It was an interesting year with 12 of the Trojan coaches either in their first or second year at the helm of their programs. There...
I must thank you for all of the birthday and Mother’s Day cards I received. The refrigerator doors and walls are full of cards of best wishes. AND I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtfulness. I’d like to write all of the messages I received but the Lake Region Life newspapers...
Throughout our nation’s history, it has called on its people to defend itself against various enemies. Memorial Day, which was celebrated this week, is a chance for today’s Americans to reflect and thank those who answered the call and made a sacrifice to defend it.
Whether at Gettysburg, in...
When your child invites the neighborhood over for brunch, you have two options.
You could refuse. Crush her plans and have her renege the already delivered invitations.
Or... Just go with it.
Last Saturday morning, my house was filled with friends and neighbors.
Having the brunch inside was not the...
“So many roads we have crossed,
So many hills we have climbed,
So many dreams yet to conquer.”
The New Prague High School Class of 2018 will say goodbye to each other during commencement ceremonies Friday, May 25, at Trojan Stadium. Their class motto, above, tells so much about what is in store...
It's another time of the year when it seems there’s more than one event going on and not enough time to do them all. Lately it seems like the weekend is bringing several activities, whether they are stories for the paper or I’m trying to get together with friends. With everything I’m going to,...
I am faced with a dilemma. Do I help save the bees or be happy with a dandelion-free yard?
On January 11, 2017, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service placed the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) on the list of endangered species. The listing became effective on March 21, 2017,...
Page 2 of this week’s newspaper features a salute to the police and emergency medical service providers whose job it is to keep the people of the New Prague area safe.
May 13-19 is National Police Week, a week in which Americans are asked to recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. law...
Those who have been reading my columns in the paper know that my life has been turned a bit upside down over the past few months, between moving and then having two funerals all within a six-week span.
As these, and other life’s incidents have taken more of my time than usual, my time in the...
