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Mid-February, Rob met with Olivia, a 6-year-old female snowy owl, in Northern Minnesota. Rob: Thank you for chatting with me.
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LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY
Dear Everyone, We’ve had so much loss lately. Loss of normalcy.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor, I want to thank the Granite Falls Advocate Tribune for the recent article on the DNR “No Child Left Inside” grant program. It is hard to imagine a downside to investing in outdoor programs that will give Minnesota kids increased opportunities to connect with nature.
FROM THE EDITOR
Last week and this week so far has been all about meetings for our staff in which we learned how to use the new software systems we will be using as of March 1st to create our newspapers, and worked through all of our redesign processes in anticipation of fully transitioning our newspapers to CherryRoad Media. Between the meetings and an unexpected death in my family that took me out of state over the weekend for a funeral, it was a week filled with less than my average time to collect news. A challenge, for sure, when filling three newspapers.
Beyond Reason
The big game’s a’comin’ and every year there’s a lot of talk about the commercials. Normally commercials are a thing I avoid. During a commercial break, I usually take a stroll or engage in light banter. I might fix a snack or even, on occasion, check the laundry.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Right now, the Clarkfield EDA apartments have an eight-person waiting list. That is eight people who are looking for housing in Clarkfield, but they can’t find any. Without housing available, where are they going? Granite, Monte, other towns. Clarkfield is in need of more housing for individuals and for families. Later this month I will be presenting to the Clarkfield EDA a proposal to build a new duplex at the corner of 7th Street and 8th Ave. Building this duplex will provide two more housing opportunities for people that want to live in Clarkfield. It’s not a lot, but it’s a good start to get the EDA moving in the direction to provide more housing in town.
FROM THE EDITOR
Last week and this week, the Editors of the Minnesota group of newspapers that were purchased by CherryRoad Media began training on how to use the new software system to transition our work over to CherryRoad. Soon, as I've been saying, you'll start seeing the changes in the newspapers, and that will be exciting.
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Over the weekend I took my daughters to the ocean for the first time in their lives. It was a trip planned for quite some time - before I knew what my current working situation would be. And so, with our non-refundable plane tickets, we boarded a plane late Friday for a weekend in sunny California. I'd decided a while ago that to visit the ocean, they needed to visit somewhere warm and especially during the winter months. Thanks to a lot of help from willing contributors, the three papers were able to get out on time with full coverage of events. It really does take a village, and I'm very grateful to have the help so I could get away for the weekend.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
First of all, the recent week’s editions of the Advocate Tribune are much improved and I feel like I am reading a hometown newspaper. There is more local news and coverage of area sporting events now. Thank you for that!