Oh, the freshly-picked strawberries were so good. I had some free time last Tuesday, so I ventured over to a strawberry patch to get my annual flat — or two — of strawberries. No, I didn’t …
A July 1, 1926, Albany Enterprise headline was puzzling — and not too informative. “To Make Search for Barberry Bushes,” stated the two-line headline. The following article told how a …
A few weeks ago, I heard what I assume is a joke about a someone asking a group of students if anyone could sum up the Declaration of Independence. One of the students is said to have responded, …
I think we have all seen the promotions advertising the best ways to learn a second language. Maybe it is a person sitting in a car on their way to work repeating words to themselves from a …
It is hard to believe we are already at the Fourth of July. Hopefully, everyone will get a chance to celebrate 250 years of America somewhere, whether at a parade or a festival or with family …
The deed was finally done. A few weeks ago, I presented Joe Gill, KASM Radio Network’s farm broadcaster, with a homemade banana cream pie and lemon bars made by Janet Christen, who is head cook and …
Storms of any kind generate concern, worry and memories. That was the case in May 1925, when a tornado came through the area. The storm’s path and the destruction it left are documented in a …
Most people know Holdingford track and field has been a power for the better part of three decades. The purpose and result of a meeting of three school superintendents was front-page news in the …
Growing up, there were only a few times when I didn’t like rain. One was when we only had a few rows of alfalfa left to bale, and the other was when we had a softball game to get to. On the one …
Since we have had a good stretch of decent weather, people have been pulling their golf carts and ATVs out of storage. Many cities have ordinances or even permitting related to using them within …
Sometimes, finding the right gift for someone is challenging. Then again, it can land in a person’s lap when they least expect. That happened to me. For the last two years, I had bid on a …
Minnesota has an interesting history when it comes to viewing outlaws. There are any number of stories about how people, families and communities did what they could to enable moonshiners to run …