On the South End…  Walleyes are stacking up along the south shore.  Weather has been unseasonably warm and water temps are holding in the low...

Question: Can you explain what the lines on the highways and streets indicate? I feel like a lot of people can’t figure it out. Thanks. Answer: I sure can. Pavement...

Happy birthday to a special brother, Forrest Sorrels, on October 12th. Love you. Have a great day.Happy birthday to a special grandson-in-law, Nate Wasvick, on October...

Fifty years ago, my personal CB call sign was bestowed upon me by a neighbor for whom I’d rebuilt an engine.  It reflected my habit, at the time, of doing repair work on...

 As Spring appeared, those at the Fort kept busy filling the Ice House, cutting and hauling wood, and harvesting Birch Bark for building and repairing Canoes. The actual...

On the South End…  Walleyes continue to congregate along the south shore, and despite unseasonably warm weather, anglers are putting good numbers...

Question: I seem to encounter a fair amount of emergency vehicles running in emergency mode (lights and sirens). I also can’t help but notice how many people don’t pull...

Living on the northern edge of the United States, our history frequently overlaps with Canada’s, especially where our commercial and social interests entwine....

Happy birthday to a very special sister, Margaret Wilmer, on October 8th. Love you. Have the most awesome day. Happy birthday to a very special grandson, Joshua Doyle, on...

         As Winter set in, the Traders at Rainy Lake House focused on two imperatives: obtaining furs and ensuring that the food stores would last until spring.  Around the...

 September was National Emergency Preparedness Month and this year’s theme is "Preparedness Starts at Home." We're encouraging everyone to take four key actions to be...

Happy birthday to a very special son, Scott Ravndalen on September 28th. We were never so blessed as the day you were born. Love you. Have an amazing day. Happy birthday to...

On the South End…  Walleye action has been excellent along the south shore in 17 – 27 feet of water. Vertical jigging with a frozen emerald shiner...

Question: My grandkids get to be on their school’s “School Patrol.” I am so happy they get to help, but can you talk about this? I want people to...

In the spring of 1962, our family migrated via Route 66 from Elgin, Illinois, to Lompoc, California.  For the trip, the folks sold our house,...