Blooming Prairie
Spared from death penalty, double killer Lois Riess serving her time in Minnesota
By Tim Harlow Star Tribune Prosecutors handling the Lois Riess murder cases agreed to have her serve the first of her life sentences in a ...
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Editorials
Other’s opinion: As count continues, voter turnout is a winner
Star Tribune Once again Election Day is more like election season — less an endpoint to our quadrennial political drama than a slight pause. At ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, November 7, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Officials, agencies need to rebuild trust in vaccine
The Free Press With the recent election campaign consuming virtually all of the public’s attention, it is understandable people haven’t focused a lot on the ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, November 4, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Foreign policy is on the ballot, too
Star Tribune The 2020 campaign has mostly focused on domestic dynamics. But because most issues are internationally interrelated, foreign policy is on the ballot, too. ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, October 31, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Reunification: Government has failed children taken from parents
The Free Press, Mankato At last count, 545 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border have not been reunited with them because the ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Minnesota makes belated strides on civil unrest planning
Star Tribune Depending on your frame of reference, “Man plans, God laughs” is either a Yiddish adage or a song by Public Enemy. Or maybe ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, October 24, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Minnesota is ready for a safe, secure election
Star Tribune In California, Republican Party officials set up ballot boxes posing as official government drop-offs and are refusing so far to comply with a ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s Opinion: Voting: Armed “security” at polling sites disturbing
The Free Press, Mankato Minnesota election officials and law enforcement are alarmed after learning a company has been posting job listings calling for “security positions ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Politics can wait after Trump diagnosis
Star Tribune Americans who awoke Friday to the news that President Donald Trump and Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19 may feel a confusing ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:30 am
Columnists
Other’s opinion: Weary or not, don’t give up on helping others
Star Tribune For many charitable causes, the end of the calendar year is critically important. And for good reason. As one of Charles Dickens’ characters ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: If we wait any longer to take climate change seriously, it will be too late
By Lori Sturdevant Star Tribune Something just-deposed state Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley said in passing at a University of Minnesota event 15 months ago has ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: COVID-19: New round of testing will help state in virus defense
The Free Press, Mankato A new round of widespread geographic testing, along with a survey of households in Minnesota, will provide critical information on the ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, September 19, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: Vague promises not enough to maintain ACA protections
Star Tribune Type 2 diabetes. Sleep apnea. Obesity. Coronary artery disease. Mental illness. These are just a few of what used to be known as ...
by Tribune News Service, Saturday, September 12, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s Opinion: Serve Minnesotans, not divisive political interests
The Free Press, Mankato The interests of Minnesotans seem secondary in the latest political dustup between Gov. Tim Walz and the Republican majority in the ...
by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 6:30 am
Editorials
Other’s opinion: A vaccine must be done right
The Free Press, Mankato The simplest solution to the global COVID-19 pandemic — a vaccine — isn’t all that simple. This disease is caused by ...