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Each year, thousands of volunteers in Minnesota donate their time and energy to make their communities a better place to live. These volunteers will be among the millions across the...

Are we all willing to make changes in government? Bills proposed by you for a change. Your own thoughts of a change you want to see. Any subject will be...

Thanks to Vance Carlson for the great feature on Jim Weinzierl and sons. I have known Jim since 1986 through my roles as AD, coach and basketball fan. He is...

Our main concern in writing this letter is to respectfully call your attention to Minnesota House File 956, the Omnibus Energy Bill. This bill would require utilities to purchase 4...

I am writing this in regard to the article about the chicken pox outbreak in Menahga School. The article states that all of the kids that have gotten chicken pox...

When I see some of the opinions and letters to the editor I get downhearted. Some people attempt maybe to use the sandwich technique: compliment/criticize/compliment, yet they only have one...

Minnesotans annual cost to fully fund state/local pensions for the next 30 years, per household is 7th highest in the nation at $1,928 (just under California, 6th at $1,994). South...

Members of Itasca-Mantrap Co-op and Minnesota Power customers should be aware of bills in the Minnesota Legislature that if enacted will substantially increase electric rates. Mandates enacted in 2007 require...

I’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of you who have supported the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days in some way. Thanks goes to the Park Rapids...

This past Thursday, March 7, I had the honor and privilege of going to the most beautiful celebration of life I’ve ever attended in my 60 years. The traditional Ojibwa...

We want to say thank you to the over 200 local businesses that helped make the Dorothy Noeske Memorial Fishing Derby a success, again. Your generosity is what makes the...

State Sen. Rod Skoe and Rep. Roger Erickson recently held a town meeting in Park Rapids to discuss Governor Mark Dayton's 2014-15 budget proposal and to obtain citizen input on...

I am apalled at the Forum editorial not because it takes both the President and Congress to task over the sequester but what it implies. The President did in fact...

Just read the article about the snowmobile race in the Saturday, Feb. 23 Enterprise. I had no idea they planned on running the race on County 4. I happen to...

Minnesota House Bill H.F. 657, sponsored by Thomas Hackbarth (GOP-Cedar) and John Persell (DFL-Bemidji), has been read and referred to the House Environment and Natural Resources Policy committee. This bill,...