Fellow community members, The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is currently accepting written public comments in regard to a site permit application for the Mayhew Lake Battery Energy …
Communication seems simple. We talk. We listen. We ask questions. We answer them. We send a text, write an email, make a phone call or sit down across from someone and have a conversation. …
When a child cannot speak for themselves, silence is not an option. A nonverbal child cannot walk into a meeting and explain what happened to them. They cannot tell a school administrator that …
Many people are saying Dolly Parton left a great legacy. Even my cousin was happy to say how her little daughter received a book every month from Parton's library organization. Parton had …
On Friday, Sept. 18, we will commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day. This day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. This day is designated …
With great concern, I read about the data center meeting — in the Aug. 22 Benton County Herald — held between our county and township officials and two data center developers. I was present at a …
A school district’s policies are more than words on a page. They are promises to students, families, staff and taxpayers. Those promises mean expectations and protections should be applied fairly …
Every morning, the school doors opened at 7:50. Children hurried inside. Backpacks on. Shoes squeaking across the floor. Another ordinary school day. But not every child got …
Thumbs up to Cecil Wade’s Aug. 1 column “Johnt” in the Benton County Herald. Not only does she give us a much-needed history lesson in these trying political times, she also tweaks the brain …
I have sat in this room for a year without speaking. Listening. Watching words rise and fall like they matter more than they do when they do not reach the child. …
Sending a kudos to the Hardware Hank store in Rice, especially to a young man named Max. After my husband passed away, I found that I knew nothing about restringing a weed whacker, so I took the …
Serving our local communities is the honor of a lifetime. As mayors, we know firsthand how important the interaction between state and local officials can be in our part of Minnesota. This …
