We are there with you

As we continue to struggle through one of the worst public health outbreaks in American history, I want you to know we are here for you and with you.

It doesn’t matter what happens or when it happens. Your local newspaper is always a reliable source to be counted on.

Through our weekly newspaper, we will pass on vital information and let you know how others in our communities are managing through the COVID-19 crisis.

Public Health Director Amy Caron, who serves both Steele and Dodge counties, has been providing us with accurate information throughout the pandemic, sometimes on a daily basis. We have turned around and passed this on to our readers through the weekly newspaper as well as our website and email alerts.

Among the on-going sadness and anxiety, these are uplifting moments that remind us of the resilience of the human spirit. We will be there to share those stories as well. Last week we began a weekly feature, “Seeing the Good.” We are pumping out positive stories in the midst of a devastating crisis.

We are here to help you make sense of the situation and to help you navigate through it all. We want to provide you with useful information that will keep you safe, which right now means staying at home. What a better time than to reacquaint yourself with your local newspaper to see what you are missing on a weekly basis if you are currently not subscribing.

Together, across the decades, this newspaper and its readers have lived through some pretty horrific events—natural disasters, financial downturns, farm crisis, murders and periods of extreme political division.

We will overcome. We have to overcome. There is no other choice.

Steele County and the surrounding area has always been strong, and neighbors have always helped out neighbors. That hasn’t changed. And this crisis will be no different in changing anything like that.

Our business neighbors, now and in future months, will especially need your help in keeping alive and fiscally well. Please consider supporting your local communities and the stores within them.

The Times has been there through thick and thin, and we will continue to be there for you. Don’t ever lose hope of that.

Your neighbors are afraid for their health, the health of their loved ones, their jobs and financial future.

By going in hot pursuit of sticking together, we will come through this, too!