I think the deal was, I was the 3-year-old king of our house. Was the youngest of five and as the attention all to myself. Photos show me next to my big brother, smiling like a champ.
Then they brought Bob home.
Immediate competition.
And for the next several years we fought and scratched and clawed, more than any brothers I’ve known.

There are times when I love to see conflict and hardcore drama in movies, but one movie offering right now at theatres offers something a bit different. It provides an inspirational uplift and hope.
The movie is “I Can Only Imagine,” and it shares the story of a popular Christian band, MercyMe, which by the way will be performing in the Twin Cities next week.

Three local lifters competed at the USAPL High School National Powerlifting Meet as Ben Roussopoulos of Dodge Center, Alex McElmury of Kasson and Trenton Kruger of Kasson all hit the stage to show their improvement throughout the year.

Jim and Crystal Whitmarsh were living in Mankato's Trail Creek neighboorhood when Jim went online and discovered the art of roasting coffee in 1980's-vintage popcorm poppers.
Alas, you could only roast about half a cup at a time, and the person in charge had little control over the smoke-filled process.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 58 of West Concord executed the opening and closing flag programs during a Game Haven Council annual Merit Badge Fair, held March 17 at Willow Creek Elementary School in Rochester.
The Scouts constructed a free-standing flag pole, utilizing their skills in knots and lashing.  

Dozens of bundled-up youngsters braved c-c-c-cold weather during the Mantorville Chamber of Commerce’ annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 31 in Riverside Park.
They were broken up into age groups including 3 and under, 4-5, and 6 and up. And they went at it, despite temperatures in the upper 20s.

It has been nearly 32 years since a steam explosion and fires released part of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia.
The area won’t be suitable for human life for at least 20,000 years, according to livescience.com.
But trees and wildlife have made a comeback. Wolves, deer, lynx, beaver, eagles, boars and bears are thriving.

Mister Rogers made quite an impression on his cousins back in rural Kasson.
The future children’s TV star visited Roger and Ruth Rogers in the mid-1940s, long before Fred Rogers became the genial creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the hugely popular kids’ TV show which aired from 1968-2001.

Approximately 74 percent of adults in Minnesota said they identified as Christians in 2014, according to a religious landscape study conducted by the Pew Research Center. 
Consequently, nearly three-fourths of us will be celebrating Easter this Sunday.