editorials

The political campaign season is underway! Filings for public offices at the federal, state and local levels opened May 22 and closed June 5. (The filing period for cities and school districts that do not have primaries is from July 31 to Aug. 14.) We hope this draws some excitement,...

Buying a house is one of the most significant financial and personal decisions that people and families make. Your home is the place where you make memories and where you expect and strive to be safe. In some cases, however, Minnesotans who rely on private wells find out belatedly...

For nearly three decades MinnesotaCare has been a trusted choice for health care coverage, providing an affordable option for working people earning too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford traditional insurance.

For more than 30 years, every state bordering Minnesota — Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota — has allowed cameras in its courtrooms, boosting the public's understanding of legal proceedings and its confidence in the criminal-justice system. And how many documented...

Strike up a conversation about press rights and many individuals likely conjure a picture of editors and reporters demanding access to top-secret data from government officials. No doubt, that occurs more often than most people would like to believe. The reality, however, is that...

Hubbard County could be the poster county for taking smart, preventive measures against the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in its destination lakes. Since the 1990s the Hubbard Coalition of Lake Associations and Hubbard County Commissioners have been working together to...

February is Marijuana Awareness Month. As more states have legalized marijuana, the perceived risk of harm has decreased among youth. This leads to an increased use of marijuana among teens. Most Hubbard County students do not use marijuana in a typical month, but all students are...

You're the best, you know that? Throughout this crazy, politically charged year, you are still reading your local newspaper. Even if you're reading this on social media, it's still us — you're still reading the paper, and we love you for it.

It's no secret that our workforce is one of our state's greatest assets. Minnesota is home to some of the best educated, hardest working people in the country. We have the numbers to back that up. As of October, the unemployment rate here was just 3.3 percent, well below the national...

"Real Newspapers, Real News" is the theme of this year's National Newspaper Week (Oct. 1-7.) Indeed, there's always been lots of "real" at newspapers. Real stories, real journalism, real work, real deadlines, real honesty, real facts, real changes and, now, real threats.

As disappointing and frustrating as it may be, if this is how it has to happen, with the Minnesota Supreme Court having to order Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature to work together, so be it. At least they'll be working together. Forced compromise is still compromise....

Park Rapids Area High School graduate and motivational speaker Travis Guida delivered a encouraging message to students the first day of school. Representing the Class of '97 and father of seven children, Guida said he has a "vested interest in this specific high school" and wants...

The state of Minnesota has a well-earned reputation for possessing some of the most pristine lakes and rivers in the U.S. As each season progresses, we grow increasingly concerned as more rivers and lakes are contaminated with various aquatic invasive species (AIS). A July 30, 2017,...

For a growing segment of Americans, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, is either a fading or forgotten turning point in U.S. history. And turning point it was. The world changed. The change was profound, not only for the United States, but for the entire...