At the July 13 Chatfield City Council meeting the process to appoint an interested resident to fill the city council vacancy was discussed. The vacancy was created with the resignation of John McBroom. Three options were considered: to advertise for interested residents that would like to contribute, to recruit a former councilor or mayor, or to review active people in the … [Read more...]

Rushford, MN In recent years, the GOP has introduced, in many states, various Voter ID laws purporting that for an election to truly be fair and valid, we must have some sort of government provided identification to show our individual citizenship status. This push is designed to force citizens to jump through unnecessary hoops to prove their status all under the pretense … [Read more...]

To the Editor, Many thanks to Kathie Haynes for putting Stan Gudmundson’s outlandish rant in perspective. Facts have been endangered recently, but I think and hope that they will prevail.  Re: declining population: It’s not a pretty sight to imagine wholesale death of those who get old. But nobody owes us 20 extra years past our “use by” date. I am 75, an age unheard of a … [Read more...]

To the Editor, I know of a young man who’s mother slapped him across the face and said “Don’t you ever say that again” when he told her what a priest had done to him.  The priest that molested him wasn’t just a pervert but his real problem was that he was a tyrant. The young boy could have prevented dozens of other boys from getting abused by this man if he had stood on the … [Read more...]

To the Editor, In response to Jason Sethre’s concern about a declining population in the editorial of July 12; it seems a little short-sighted worried about a declining population that could interfere with our way of life, when we already have about 7.5 billion people on this earth and are increasing by about 100 million each year.  (Ruchir Sharma - The Rise and Fall of … [Read more...]