During the past year, the frontline workers have withstood the worst of the pandemic. Doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have done o…
Almost all of us have suffered a broken heart at some time in our lives. It might have been the end of a teenage crush or the betrayal by a cl…
Good people can change lives.
2020 just flinched and dropped his smudgy playbook.
If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.
As it does every winter, Long Lake freezes and becomes Stillwater’s largest park. A few things are different this year … there are more dogs a…
The snow has a hopeful sheen this January morning. Whether it is the extra splash of Bailey’s in my coffee mug or just my good fortune to find…
It is good to remember that we living here today are standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. What is the St. Croix Valley was j…
When you live in Minnesota and have a job teaching people how to keep water clean, folks often assume you know how to fish. After all, fishing…
If you didn’t get out and enjoy the winter, it’s time. Only the die-hards wait until it is negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit to start to enjoy winter.
We finally paid the price for our warm fall with a Christmas blizzard and -7 Fahrenheit temperatures. With 60 mile an hour winds it was diffic…
Just in time for the holidays, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources approved $12.3 million in Clean Water Fund grants to be used st…
The true measure of a successful early pioneer community was if it had a first-class hotel. Stillwater has a rich history of hotels, starting …
This year failure is no option. We must make and keep those resolutions. Studies show there are many things that stop us and as an expert in p…
So many people I know are saying good riddance to 2020. I get it. This pandemic has been a bad dream for many, and it has been a nightmare for…
We know that spending time in nature helps to reduce depression and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and keep us fit and active.
Stillwater has always been a destination for people. The community being the county seat since the 1840s, people would have to come here to pa…
Time’s up! Hands up everyone! Put down your spatula, or tape dispenser, or canister of aerosol flocking spray and step away from your To-Do List.
If a tree falls in the forest with nobody there to hear it, does the crash still shake the land beneath and wake the sleeping bears?
It is the time of the year that most of us are looking for promises. A couple of weeks ago, I spotted an “X” in the sky. Was it marking the sp…
We have a supervised herd of goats grazing in the parkland next to Long Lake. This area is infested with invasive species including Buckthorn …
Imagine for a moment what it would be like to be living in a city where it’s just as safe and easy to get around by bike, bus, or on foot as i…
As we wait for the real signs of winter to arrive, it has been fun to watch nature. Driving near sunset by the Lake Elmo Airport last week, I …
Lo, when the sun streams through the wood,
The United States Post Office has been one of the most important organizations in the history of the country. Although much of the personal le…
Like you, I do not like inaccurate or biased reporting. For more than 30 years, objectivity and truthful reporting have been the underpinnings…
Have you decorated for the holidays yet? We usually do it the day after Thanksgiving.
Our balmy days provided an opportunity to visit the two local airports and watch the planes from the safety of the car. At the Lake Elmo Airpo…
One of the long standing publications at the Stillwater Area High School is the newspaper. The paper, called “The Pony Express,” gives the stu…
We’re in the season of in between, both literally and metaphorically. The leaves have fallen, but the snow has not.
Last April, I spotted a turkey on the railroad tracks. It looked as though it was trying to find the quickest way out of town. Perhaps it felt…
: Define salad….
There have been many who have served on the judicial bench in Washington County over the past decades. Some have been good, some very good, bu…
It was almost as if Mother Nature looked into the future, realized how difficult the winter would be for her most pesky children (that’s us) a…
We’re all exhausted by Gov. Tim Walz’s use of executive power to keep us all “safe.” Since September, he’s used that privilege nearly one doze…
It was almost as if Mother Nature looked into the future, realized how difficult the winter would be for her most pesky children (that’s us) a…
During the 1918 pandemic more than 10,000 Minnesotans died, the majority in the October-January time frame.
When studying history we have all learned about the “blue laws” that dictated life in the Victorian age. Many, if not all, of these laws have …
Think about a time when you felt most proud of the U.S. What produced that emotion? Was it a book, play, new law, election or invention? (Seve…
My 10-year-old daughter has developed a love of storytelling. Narration, to be specific.
Parents always have high hopes for their children. They hope that they can give their kids more than what they had and hope that the kids go o…
Enter town from the south on Main Street and you’ll see a sign proclaiming Stillwater a “GreenStep City.” It’s been true since 2018 when we jo…
The carriers of the mail have always been important. The recent election has brought forth how important as they handle the mail in ballots th…
A rotating schedule of bird hikes throughout Washington County Parks will continue with a hike 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Pine…
On a sunny September day, a cheerful group of Boy Scouts from Woodbury’s Troop 5 showed up at the campus of Lake and Middleton Schools in Wood…
Suffering election lassitude, we headed south for a country drive. In Goodhue County we found a potential breeding ground for COVID … enormous…
The record 9.3” of snow we piled up last month is gone.
Certain things are omnipresent this fall – the election, the virus, charts filled with data points, Zoom meetings and ever-changing school options.
Twenty years ago some of us were convinced society would grind to a halt at the end of 1999.
October is the month of the telling of tall tales and those of the appearances of ghosts and goblins around the area. There are many ghost sto…
Good people can change lives.
2020 just flinched and dropped his smudgy playbook.
If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.
As it does every winter, Long Lake freezes and becomes Stillwater’s largest park. A few things are different this year … there are more dogs a…
The snow has a hopeful sheen this January morning. Whether it is the extra splash of Bailey’s in my coffee mug or just my good fortune to find…
It is good to remember that we living here today are standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. What is the St. Croix Valley was j…
When you live in Minnesota and have a job teaching people how to keep water clean, folks often assume you know how to fish. After all, fishing…
If you didn’t get out and enjoy the winter, it’s time. Only the die-hards wait until it is negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit to start to enjoy winter.
We finally paid the price for our warm fall with a Christmas blizzard and -7 Fahrenheit temperatures. With 60 mile an hour winds it was diffic…
Just in time for the holidays, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources approved $12.3 million in Clean Water Fund grants to be used st…
The true measure of a successful early pioneer community was if it had a first-class hotel. Stillwater has a rich history of hotels, starting …
This year failure is no option. We must make and keep those resolutions. Studies show there are many things that stop us and as an expert in p…
So many people I know are saying good riddance to 2020. I get it. This pandemic has been a bad dream for many, and it has been a nightmare for…
We know that spending time in nature helps to reduce depression and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and keep us fit and active.
Stillwater has always been a destination for people. The community being the county seat since the 1840s, people would have to come here to pa…
Time’s up! Hands up everyone! Put down your spatula, or tape dispenser, or canister of aerosol flocking spray and step away from your To-Do List.
If a tree falls in the forest with nobody there to hear it, does the crash still shake the land beneath and wake the sleeping bears?
It is the time of the year that most of us are looking for promises. A couple of weeks ago, I spotted an “X” in the sky. Was it marking the sp…
We have a supervised herd of goats grazing in the parkland next to Long Lake. This area is infested with invasive species including Buckthorn …
Imagine for a moment what it would be like to be living in a city where it’s just as safe and easy to get around by bike, bus, or on foot as i…
As we wait for the real signs of winter to arrive, it has been fun to watch nature. Driving near sunset by the Lake Elmo Airport last week, I …
Lo, when the sun streams through the wood,
The United States Post Office has been one of the most important organizations in the history of the country. Although much of the personal le…
Like you, I do not like inaccurate or biased reporting. For more than 30 years, objectivity and truthful reporting have been the underpinnings…
Have you decorated for the holidays yet? We usually do it the day after Thanksgiving.
Our balmy days provided an opportunity to visit the two local airports and watch the planes from the safety of the car. At the Lake Elmo Airpo…
One of the long standing publications at the Stillwater Area High School is the newspaper. The paper, called “The Pony Express,” gives the stu…
We’re in the season of in between, both literally and metaphorically. The leaves have fallen, but the snow has not.
Last April, I spotted a turkey on the railroad tracks. It looked as though it was trying to find the quickest way out of town. Perhaps it felt…
: Define salad….
There have been many who have served on the judicial bench in Washington County over the past decades. Some have been good, some very good, bu…
It was almost as if Mother Nature looked into the future, realized how difficult the winter would be for her most pesky children (that’s us) a…
We’re all exhausted by Gov. Tim Walz’s use of executive power to keep us all “safe.” Since September, he’s used that privilege nearly one doze…
It was almost as if Mother Nature looked into the future, realized how difficult the winter would be for her most pesky children (that’s us) a…
During the 1918 pandemic more than 10,000 Minnesotans died, the majority in the October-January time frame.
When studying history we have all learned about the “blue laws” that dictated life in the Victorian age. Many, if not all, of these laws have …
Think about a time when you felt most proud of the U.S. What produced that emotion? Was it a book, play, new law, election or invention? (Seve…
My 10-year-old daughter has developed a love of storytelling. Narration, to be specific.
Parents always have high hopes for their children. They hope that they can give their kids more than what they had and hope that the kids go o…
Enter town from the south on Main Street and you’ll see a sign proclaiming Stillwater a “GreenStep City.” It’s been true since 2018 when we jo…
The carriers of the mail have always been important. The recent election has brought forth how important as they handle the mail in ballots th…
A rotating schedule of bird hikes throughout Washington County Parks will continue with a hike 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Pine…
On a sunny September day, a cheerful group of Boy Scouts from Woodbury’s Troop 5 showed up at the campus of Lake and Middleton Schools in Wood…
Suffering election lassitude, we headed south for a country drive. In Goodhue County we found a potential breeding ground for COVID … enormous…
The record 9.3” of snow we piled up last month is gone.
Certain things are omnipresent this fall – the election, the virus, charts filled with data points, Zoom meetings and ever-changing school options.
Twenty years ago some of us were convinced society would grind to a halt at the end of 1999.
October is the month of the telling of tall tales and those of the appearances of ghosts and goblins around the area. There are many ghost sto…
A tiny, little fish with rainbow stripes swims at the bottom of the Brown’s Creek gorge, far below the parade of bicycles, runners and Segways…
As Stillwater’s population increased during the early 20th century, new, modern schools were needed to be constructed. In 1938 several older s…
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It is good to remember that we living here today are standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. What is the St. Croix Valley was j…
When you live in Minnesota and have a job teaching people how to keep water clean, folks often assume you know how to fish. After all, fishing…
If you didn’t get out and enjoy the winter, it’s time. Only the die-hards wait until it is negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit to start to enjoy winter.
We finally paid the price for our warm fall with a Christmas blizzard and -7 Fahrenheit temperatures. With 60 mile an hour winds it was diffic…
Just in time for the holidays, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources approved $12.3 million in Clean Water Fund grants to be used st…
The true measure of a successful early pioneer community was if it had a first-class hotel. Stillwater has a rich history of hotels, starting …
This year failure is no option. We must make and keep those resolutions. Studies show there are many things that stop us and as an expert in p…
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So many people I know are saying good riddance to 2020. I get it. This pandemic has been a bad dream for many, and it has been a nightmare for…
We know that spending time in nature helps to reduce depression and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and keep us fit and active.
Stillwater has always been a destination for people. The community being the county seat since the 1840s, people would have to come here to pa…
Time’s up! Hands up everyone! Put down your spatula, or tape dispenser, or canister of aerosol flocking spray and step away from your To-Do List.
If a tree falls in the forest with nobody there to hear it, does the crash still shake the land beneath and wake the sleeping bears?
It is the time of the year that most of us are looking for promises. A couple of weeks ago, I spotted an “X” in the sky. Was it marking the sp…
We have a supervised herd of goats grazing in the parkland next to Long Lake. This area is infested with invasive species including Buckthorn …
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Imagine for a moment what it would be like to be living in a city where it’s just as safe and easy to get around by bike, bus, or on foot as i…
As we wait for the real signs of winter to arrive, it has been fun to watch nature. Driving near sunset by the Lake Elmo Airport last week, I …
Lo, when the sun streams through the wood,
The United States Post Office has been one of the most important organizations in the history of the country. Although much of the personal le…
Like you, I do not like inaccurate or biased reporting. For more than 30 years, objectivity and truthful reporting have been the underpinnings…
Have you decorated for the holidays yet? We usually do it the day after Thanksgiving.
Our balmy days provided an opportunity to visit the two local airports and watch the planes from the safety of the car. At the Lake Elmo Airpo…
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