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To the editor: I am 39. I am happy, because my family is healthy. I am excited to see my mom and dad retire. They will be fulfilling their dream of traveling and enjoying the relaxed life. I am sure there are several baby boomers anticipating the same dreams for their retirement....

Maybe it is because I was raised in a neighborhood called Crazy Cove. Maybe it is because I tend to do things that are a bit out of the "norm" at times. But more than likely, it is because I love battling with big fish. Regardless, I have no qualms telling you that I love catching...

100 Years Ago August 15, 1918 Todd County boy killed in action. Gust Zok received a telegram Sunday from the War Department at Washington, signed by Adjutant General McCain conveying the sad news that his brother, Joe E. Zok, had met death while fighting for his country on the battlefields...

There aren't many subjects around that get me too fired up, but scammers are one that absolutely makes my blood boil. Working at the First National Bank of Osakis, I see the end results of these scams — the victims of scams and the money lost because of these scammers. I'd...

100 Years Ago August 1, 1918 Change in sugar regulations. We have just received instructions from the Federal Food Administration advising us that the family allowance of 3 pounds per month per person of sugar has been reduced to 2 pounds. Son arrives safely. Dr. and Mrs. Gilkinson...

Editor's note: The following information was provided by the Todd County Planning and Zoning Department. If you happen to live in a town or city with a municipal sewer system, the treatment of what goes down your sink or toilet probably isn't a great concern to you. If your toilets...

To the editor: While students are enjoying their summer break, I'm thinking ahead to when they return to school. I love to give my students the one-on-one support they need. Fortunately, schools in Alexandria, Brandon, Evansville, Garfield, Miltona, Carlos, Kensington, and Parkers...

Battle Point Park would not be what it is today without the people who see and have seen the value of it. Starting with the late Fifth District Commissioner, Bob George Sr., who in 1985 had a vision on Battle Point, but passed away before he could get the things he wanted to get done...

100 Years Ago July 25, 1918 Off for Wadsworth, S.C. Over 500 Selective Service drafts-men, among whom 76 hailed from Douglas County and 110 from Otter Tail County, passed through Osakis on the No. 12 train last Monday on their way to Camp Wadsworth, S.C. The men were in special cars...

At the July 2 City Council meeting, we had a lengthy discussion about rental properties and specifically, vacation rental properties. Vacation rental properties consist of properties being rented out for less than 30 days, usually a week or less, to people who plan to use the property...

100 Years Ago July 18, 1918 Call for volunteers from 1918 class. The local Board for Douglas County is in receipt of the following letter from Brigadier General Rhinow. This enlistment will close on Monday evening, July 22. And there should be no delay in making application. There...

I am often asked, as the school year ends, what I will do with all the time off in the summer.

100 Years Ago July 4, 1918 Socks wanted. Washington has asked for 550,000 pairs of socks by September 1, and Northern Division Red Cross workers must knit three times as hard this summer if quota of socks is raised, says the Northern Division Bulletin of June 27. All local Red Cross...

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