It's good to be writing again, even though — if I'm honest — I don't really love the actual sitting-down-and-writing part of it. I never have. Every column starts the same...

There's a short window each year when the farmers markets and grocery bins fill up with fruit at its absolute best — and late summer into early fall is prime time here in...

Happy birthday to a special great-nephew, Asher Wilmer, on September 7th. Have a great day. Happy anniversary to Dan and Julie Knight on September 6th. Have an awesome...

September is National Suicide Awareness Month. Awareness efforts are an important part of opening conversations about suicide, reducing stigma surrounding mental health,...

The Supreme Court just violated the U.S. Constitution again by allowing Trump to meddle with mail-in ballots. Even though the legal dust has not yet settled on this issue,...

Question: I see a lot of people not wearing their seat belts correctly. Several of them have the shoulder belt worn underneath the shoulder/arm. Can you provide some...

         Captain Butler was not a man to write in such a way as to mislead a reader's vision; he penned that The Black Canyon was a place of terror. It was described as...

At their August 25th meeting, County Facilities Coordinator Shane Shaw told the Lake of the Woods County Board of Commissioners about window problems in Court House.  Of...

    The following summer the folks got a cow and a team of oxen, Sprague and Wright.  The oxen were used to skid timber.  If they were mired in the swamp, they took it...

Its namesake season may end in September, but this is the month the big Summer Triangle of bright stars reaches its highest and most viewable position in the south at...

The fish are still parked over the deep mud, and spinners and crankbaits remain the best options for getting at them. But there's a change in the...

The successful summer pattern rolls on at Lake of the Woods, with big numbers of fish stacked over the deep mud. Most anglers are pulling spinners...

Happy birthday to a very special friend, Cece Norton, on September 3rd. May God bless you with an amazing day.  Happy birthday to a very special son-in-law, Patrick...

         Captain Butler was in a Canoe when the Steersman showed his dexterity by upsetting the Canoe plunging the Captain into deep, icy water, losing his Revolver and a...

Life used to feel simpler.Not simple, exactly, but simpler in the sense that fewer things demanded our attention before we could even get out the door.We had a telephone,...