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I’m finally excited about the McCain ticket. GOP presidential candidate John McCain named Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as his vice presidential running mate. She seems really down to earth (which means she is not a lawyer by trade.) Her husband is a world champion snowmobile racer, she has five kids (I can relate to [...]
Hummingbirds are traveling through right now. They are on their way south for fall migration. If you put up a hummingbird feeder on your porch or deck, there is a good chance you could attract a ruby-throated hummingbird, or something more rare. I put my feeder up last week and I have at least three [...]
George’s Grill & Pub will open inside the Greenleaf American Legion on Sept. 3. Justin Hiltgen will manage the new establishment. There is also rumor the Elite Cafe may reopen.
We will likely have a story next week on the operation cost of the jail and the mill levy increase proposed by the county commission. Tom Parker is looking into it, but was unable to get ahold of anyone for this week’s paper. I admittedly stink at budget/finance stories, but Tom can get the job [...]
Just so you don’t think we’re clueless, we do have feelers out on the situation in Morrowville City government. If anything actually happens, we will report on it. But nothing official has happened yet. We’re on the case.
The Washington County Republican Central Committee appointed Ann Hawk as the Washington County Treasurer tonight as a result of the passing of Roine Tegethoff. This position will last until next October, at which point, whoever is elected in the November general election will fill the position. Hawk won the primary election earlier this month, but [...]
Sen. Joe Biden was evidently chosen as Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate tonight. That means we’re stuck with Governor Sebelius for a while longer. Dang.
Every year I hope I’ll call schools after the first day of classes and I’ll find each school added several to their enrollment totals from the previous year. But unfortunately, it is usually the opposite. This county lost 41 students this year. I’m writing a story for next week’s issue, but here are the school [...]
Here are some of the stories I’d like to have the opportunity to cover (and I’m trying to be realistic rather than hoping for headlines like “Gas prices fall to $1.30 per gallon.”
City to build theater building on lease-purchase plan- Evidently, this project is still in the works, so I’m not giving up hope
Rotary begins [...]
We have a lot of feature stories on our “to-do list” here, but I’m curious if there are stories you’d like us to consider. We try to do a mix of breaking news and human interest, besides the regular community coverage, but some weeks are easier than others. I’ll personally never complete my story list, [...]
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