Opinions
It has been an interesting month for me. I started the month at Saint Marys Hospital, where I was scheduled to have an aortic heart valve replaced.
To begin with, hospitals are not a place I have spent a lot of time at. It’s always either to visit someone or a little bit more when my parents were...
For those who follow my column, you know I am a diehard baseball fan.
There is only one MLB team that I will ever love or cheer for — the Red Sox, but I love going to games any chance I can or watching it on TV.
But one thing I can’t stand is how ridiculous the rules in baseball are getting.
I have...
Every week this newspaper puts out countless stories about the good, bad, and indifferent happening across Dodge County and in Byron.
Some stories the newspaper naturally covers: school board, city council, county board, and other government meetings.
Typical features within the newspaper include...
I met my wife when I was 22 years old and had been living in Minnesota for less than a year, after moving from Rhode Island.
Since then, we have made a lot of memories, including many firsts for myself.
I went to the State Fair for the first time with her, went to my first Twins game, first Vikings...
I was pleasantly surprised when I looked at my email last Tuesday, while putting together the paper, to find an email from Karen Jorgenson, editor of the DCI.
Earlier that day, she had gone in for heart surgery to replace her aortic valve.
Jorgensen, a newspaper person for over five decades, couldn...
This so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is nothing more than a handout to billionaires—forcing working-class families and our most vulnerable neighbors to sacrifice so the ultra-wealthy can get even richer. It’s cruel, and it does nothing to help make America great.
I believe in fiscal responsibility...
Recently, I attended the candlelight vigil for Speaker-Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and paid my respects at the Capitol as they lay in state. I was heartened to see the incredible turnout at both events. Thousands of Minnesotans came together to honor their lives and legacy.
The...
My Grandma Vivan Zimmerman was one of Tim Penny’s earliest and most emphatic supporters during his initial run for Congress — so much so that she convinced my Grandpa Jim, an active member of Waseca County’s Republican Party, to vote for Tim despite the “D” behind his name.
This traversing across...
Миннесота могла бы преподать остальному миру уроки вежливости.
Всего пару недель назад, после трагедии, разразившейся в этом штате, в редакционной статье этой газеты говорилось о важности снижения градусности политических дискуссий.
Затем, через несколько дней, я поехал в Вегас на свое 30-летие и...
I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer. I am excited to begin working with our school board, wonderful staff, and community as superintendent. It is an honor to have the opportunity to serve the Triton communities of Claremont, Dodge Center, and West Concord.
I have been blessed to...