Minnesota Garlic Festival enjoyed perfect weather Saturday at the McLeod County Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. “We started setting up at 9 a.m. Friday,” said Jerry Ford, festival coordinator. “We had to ...

One Ottawa County organization is asking for the community’s help as Valentine’s Day approaches. For its sixth year, the Boys ...

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most famous for his contributions to evolutionary ...

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The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...

New Jersey removed bald eagles from the state’s endangered species list, David Blauvelt of Hamburg, N.J., spotted one on his ...

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I’ve seen conservatives get really, really angry at people who they say push an agenda they don’t agree with on children. Sometimes, in the midst of their outrage, they refer to those people as ...

I prepared to give my kids the sex talk. But they were much farther along than I thought, asking questions about abortion and ...

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