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February 21, 2012
Nothing beats a good deal, but spending endless amounts of time cutting coupons and scouring sale racks can make deal-hunting time consuming.
January 30, 2012
Despite the fact that someone once told me my heart points true north, I wouldn't know true north if, by some act of God, I was facing true north. This can surely be catalogued as another one of my father's greatest disappointments in life. Three out of four offspring pass the directions test. I am the flunkee. We grew up listening to, "Now, head south two miles, veer west about a half-mile past the second telephone pole, and immediately after...
September 9, 2011
I was sitting on my couch in a little condominium in Madison, Wisconsin nursing my three month old baby girl. I was watching the Today show and trying to make sense of the news break. Before I saw what I saw, I was ignorant and uninformed and a tad too into my own life. I yelled to Big Man, "Hey! Come look at this! A plane just flew into the World Trade Center!" I watched and couldn't believe the coincidence- another plane into another tower. I...
May 10, 2011
Two local men are not the typical gray-haired, robe-donning ministers, but a new generation of faith leaders: instead of sermons, Brandon Zieske and Justin Halbersma transform Bible teachings into action
It’s 6:25 a.m. on a Friday morning and the sun will not shine through the windows of Mugby Junction coffeehouse on Huff Street for another hour. Brandon Zieske arrived about 20 minutes earlier, pushing together tables and arranging chairs for more than a dozen expected participants in the side room of the empty shop—the only sign of life at this time of the day is marked by a sporadic customer stopping briefly to grab a quick...
April 20, 2011
Inspired by documentary film "Bag It," two students hope their efforts will culminate in a citywide ban on plastic bags for Winonans
April 18, 2011
Like snow in late April, there are any number of things that can make a person just sort of shake their head in confusion. Yesterday I read about a young woman who carried off a ruse of being a soldier who served in Afghanistan. She was honored at her old high school in Cass Lake. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Honor Guard was there to give her a tribal blanket and a feather to honor her service as a woman warrior. She had no ties whatsoever to...
April 11, 2011
Sports Anchor Matt Prink sits down with WSU Head Tennis Coach Courtney Zinter to recap the season and preview the upcoming NSIC Tournament
March 31, 2011
Before the curtain rises, hundreds of hours of work is logged to create the showpieces that allow actors to fully get into character--through their costumes
March 28, 2011
It’s time for us to join those who have been trying to no avail--contact your representatives; attend a peace rally; send an e-mail; start a letter writing campaign
The headline in The Washington Post March 2, 2011 read: “Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost his son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice.”
No truer words have been spoken. Until recently, I could stand on one side of that statement and hang my head in shame because it’s clear he was speaking to me. On February 27, 2011, Corporal Andrew Wilfarht, cousin to my husband, and son to Jeff and Lori Wilfahrt of Rosemount, Minn.,...
March 12, 2011
Last week the Catholics and partygoers of the world recognized Carnaval – an awesome celebration of excesses before the 40 days of Lent.
I considered going to Cádiz – a sparkly city by the sea where hundreds of thousands of visitors crowd the streets to play with feathers and fire. Instead I went to Prague, where travelers no doubt still flock and crowd, but where Carnaval gaiety is far less recognized.
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