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Other’s opinion: Pollution: Nitrate from farming a continuing problem
Mankato Free Press, March 4 For decades the main approaches to reducing nitrates that have increasingly endangered Minnesota’s ...
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Community Salute: Visit the MCT stage
The Matchbox Children’s Theatre has been a mainstay in Austin’s thriving theater community for years, dating back to ...
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Our Opinion: No more games, finish passing bonding bill
A number of years ago, when the Minnesota Legislature passed legislation requiring cities to upgrade their wastewater treatment ...
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Community Salute: Photo project puts Austin on a pedestal
Our Community Salute this week isn’t for one group or another or even one person in particular. It’s ...
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Community Salute: Thank you mail carriers
In this Saturday’s Austin Daily Herald, you’re going to notice a little extra weight to it. That is ...
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Other’s opinion: Rural counties need AG expertise
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Feb. 11 A new infusion of funds will provide it, along with better public defense. Minnesota ...
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Community Salute: One sweet delivery
Monday’s actions by both the staff of Good Samaritan Society-Comforcare and Girl Scouts from St. Ansgar, Iowa was ...
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Our Opinion: Extend a helping hand
Depression, suicidal thoughts and other mental health woes were part of a disturbing new report issued recently that ...
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Community Salute: Longtime employees key to success
Congratulations to Terry Peterson, who recently completed nearly 30 years as an Austin firefighter. Peterson, who retired last ...
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Our opinion: LAC shocks again
By now it’s hard to see how people can continue being amazed by what the Lyle Area Cancer ...
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Community Salute: Not giving up
“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” — Paulo Coelho ...
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Our Opinion: Fight against cancer comes to 2023
Along with the coming of the new year, comes a pair of local campaigns — The Lyle Area ...
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Our Opinion: Publishing notices important part of public discourse
Discussion Tuesday at the Mower County Board of Commissioners meeting about publishing legal notices in the newspaper again ...
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Our opinion: Setting a path
In the expected words of many a graduation speaker this spring, “You made it.” Once again, we are ...
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Our opinion: Make the world better
In just a few days we will depart 2022 and enter a blank slate in 2023. Every time ...