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Question: I have some new drivers in our house. We got talking the other day and they didn’t know what “hand signals” were. Can you write about that to help inform others that might not […]
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Letter to the editor
Well it looks like the elections are mostly over. There are a few contested contests. I suppose they are “”election deniers”. I think that Harris campaign also got a slap in the face by the […]
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Letter to the editor
It’s that time of year again! Are you ready? As it does every year, our lives are about to get much busier. The holiday season brings many extra fun activities, parties, and events for us […]
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Columnist Lampoons holiday angst
By Dorothy Rosby “It’s the American way to create a celebration for everything, then turn it into a chore or worse, a nightmare,” says humorist Dorothy Rosby. Her fourth book, ’Tis the Season to Feel […]
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Ask a Trooper
By Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My daughter just got in a crash recently. Nobody got hurt but it got us talking on how important it is to know what to do after something like this. […]
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The Retiree
By Jerry Hoem A few years ago I made an effort to be sensitive each Memorial Day. I’ve resisted that temptation, but I’ll give it another try. A funeral service at church recently closed with […]
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Mashing your potatoes by hand and other ways to live longer
By Dorothy Rosby I always thought that barring risky behavior and runaway buses, lifespan was a matter of genes. But I just came across an article called “9 Habits that the World’s Healthiest and Longest-Lived […]
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Question: I saw your recent article about flooded roads. Do you have any advice on what a person should do if their vehicle plunges into the water? Answer: The dynamics of such an incident […]
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Brute’s Bleat
This year April Fools Day (April 1) came and went without a whole lot of fan-fare at our house, probably because it slipped my mind or I’m sure I could have come up with some […]
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Ask a Trooper By Sgt. Jesse Grabow
Question: With spring being here and the melting snow, can you talk about what a person should do when coming across water on roads? Answer: Flooding can occur when streams and rivers flow over their […]