Today’s Wisdom: “Wounds heal; the memory of them fuels her journey.” –Virginia Woolf By Bill D. Ward I have a very old memory of a night back in my police days. I was dispatched to a bar late in the evening. Arriving, I found a few folks milling around a car parked on the street in front. As I approached, I noted that the car windshield had a three-foot gash down its center. It didn’t take a trained detective to figure out that the pool cue laying by the car was the likely we

By Bonnie Frisk of St. Peter This year marks the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. The signing took place on July 23, 1851, near present-day St. Peter, Minn. A stone marker sits across Highway 169, north west of the Treaty Site History Center (TSHC) by St. Peter, marking the location and details of the historic signing. Reaching the site may be difficult for those unfamiliar with the area due to a lack of signage. Once there, visitors will

Old Course redesigned to provide easier recreational opportunities, experiences By Jim Palmer Late last year, The Old Course in Sauk Centre unveiled its new executive 18-hole course, starting a new chapter in the course’s 105-year history. The golf course is now open for its first full season, which will include some new features, new improvements and a new general manager. “We’ve had positive feedback on the course which was great to hear,” said Steve Klick, who has owned Th

By Larry Kiewel of St. Peter I learned a lot of things from my dad. That was how the world worked in the 1950s when I was growing from one to 10 years of age. It was a little different in the 1960s. In those years of my growing from 10 to 20 years of age, I added teachers from all over that were not my dad. But now I am as old as my father’s oldest age. What I learned and who I learned it from seems important. Larry Kiewel with his dad Bob, son Christopher, and grandson Benja

By Larry Magrath Editor’s Note: This article was written in the spring. The interview included Melvin Henriksen. It was set to run in the May edition but was held over because of an extra Memorial Day article that we wanted to include in that edition. Melvin passed away on May 8 at the Parkview Senior Living in Belview. The funeral was on May 14 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vesta. He was buried in the casket made by his son. Life-long Redwood County farmers Louise, Melvi

By Bernadette Stein of St. Cloud “June is bustin’ out all over! All over the meadows and the hills!” was first heard in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Carousel’ in April 1945. It became very popular and introduced the season of summer. The whole summer – June, July, and August – were one big season to me as a child. I remember Sunday nights walking with Mom and Dad and siblings out to the fields to check the crops. Uncle George, my Dad’s older brother who was a business owner,

Songwriter overcomes challenges to do what he loves By Julie Parent It’s a miracle DavidJo Kuchera is still alive. For decades, the Villard, Minn., resident has suffered from a multitude of health problems including a terminal cancer diagnosis. Relaxing in a recliner in his comfortable home with a dog too big to be considered a lap dog stretched across his lap, the 67-year-old recounted a lifetime of making music. One of the instruments DavidJo Kuchera plays is the violin. Ku

By Marilyn Salzl Brinkman of St. Joseph Dads are precious. Sometimes they say or do things that forever change your life. When I sit back and think about my dad, I think back to one specific day. In the mid-1970s, when I was a beginning writer, I wrote monthly history columns for an agricultural magazine. While visiting my parents one warm sunny day, (By then, they had retired from the farm to the small town of St. Martin.) I noted one of my articles lying on their living roo

By Susan Lorenz of St. Augusta We have been hosting a pair of Pheobe birds for about 10 years. Phoebes are a grey-green bird about seven inches long with dark wings, and light olive-green bellies. Each spring in mid-April, we see the pair arrive as they have a permanent nest high in the eaves of our house, near a big window. They keep the same nest, year after year, doing a bit of remodeling each year on the nest. The nest is mostly mud, grass, feathers, and moss. The nest is

Former reporter recalls difficult day on the campaign trail with Robert F. Kennedy By Marilynn Hehr Sterling of Kimball When writing today, Marilynn prefers to use her vintage Royal typewriter rather than a computer. She used a similar typewriter for the story she wrote on Robert F. Kennedy several decades ago. Photo by Chuck Sterling It’s been 58 years this month since the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles. The event lives in infamy for me b

By Rita Kostreba When Jan and Mary Nelson of Garfield retired from their full-time jobs, it was not a question of “what do we do now,” it was, and is, a way that they continue to bring joy, warmth, good food, and laughter into people’s lives. We will begin with Mary. For many years, she ran a family daycare from their home. One of the most important aspects of that job was to provide nourishing meals for the children in her care. She loved to bake, so a part of the daycare

Answers by Mitchell Gossman, MD, an ophthalmologist at Eye Associates of Central Minnesota, located in St. Cloud My friend had such good vision after cataract surgery. Why is my vision still blurry after my surgery? Cataract surgery can be blurry after cataract surgery due 1) healing that may still be occurring, 2) a need for glasses, 3) pre-existing conditions other than cataract, and 4) complications after surgery. Healing that may still be ongoing: It’s common for the visi

A few months ago, we asked our readers to share their stories of what they did the summer after high school graduation. Thank you to all those who contributed. Here is what some of our readers had to share about what they were doing the summer after high school graduation... Witness to change By Sister Betty Berger, O.S.F., of Little Falls I graduated in 1960 from Morris High School. I had a summer job as a recreation aide in the city’s summer program and was making plans to

This month we have the special Memorial Day section inserted into every Senior Perspective paper. Select your area, or check out the stories from other parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. All the great local advertisers can be in these full papers, along with the puzzle, jokes, recipes and more for you and your friends to enjoy. Lindbergh Edition All around Mille Lacs Lake and specially tailored to the areas near Brainerd, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Princeton. Uplifting feath

By Nancy Leasman We hear so much about artificial intelligence (AI), what it can do, how we may use it, the future of using it, and the dangers therein. I do not use AI in my writing other than as a research tool. Pop-up boxes and icons offer their assistance, which I often take as an affront to my ability. Am I not doing well enough on my own? After hearing a radio discussion of the future of AI and whether AI is able to be creative or come up with new ideas, I decided to co

Accelerated Chiropractic Dr. Randy Hamling, D.C. on the warning signs seniors shouldn’t ignore You used to get out of bed and just... go. Now you sit on the edge of the mattress for a moment, waiting for your feet to wake up. They’re tingling again. Or maybe they’re numb—you can’t quite tell anymore. You make it to the kitchen, but your knee catches halfway there. It’s not a fall, not this time, but it’s that wobble that makes your stomach drop. You grab the counter and wonde

Forada Tornado, Memorial Day weekend, 2022 By Joe Steinhagen I don’t remember it being at all hot and muggy, just rainy. I was upstairs in the living room looking out the south-facing windows and standing in front of them. Suddenly, a tree branch came through one of the about eight windows in that row. I wasn’t really surprised because it was really windy outside and I had about 40 trees on my one-acre lot, just thought that now I’ve got something to fix. Then, all the window

More details revealed from 50-year cold case By Jillian Kellerman A story was published in the March Runestone edition of Senior Perspective about Mortician Mark Lindsey of Alexandria and his part in solving a 50-year-old cold case in Page, ND. The original story can be found at www.srperspective.com/post/unidentified-body-found This photo was attached to the death certificate, showing the unknown man being buried in 1970. It was learned last year that the man was William H

By Carol Stender Fort Juelson was never tested in battle, but the ingenuity and pioneer spirit of those who built the sod structure draws visitors to the site, located two miles east of Underwood. This year Underwood celebrates the fort’s 150th anniversary with a one-day celebration on June 26. Delores Peterson, vice president of the Friends of Fort Juelson, calls the fort a “testament to the courage of those who constructed it.” Hans Juelson. From the collections of the Otte

By Jim Palmer With Memorial Day coming up at the end of the month, cemeteries across this country will “come alive.” It is a time when we as a country shine an extra spotlight on the men and women of the military who sacrificed a portion of their life, or gave their entire life, to our country. Flags will be placed, flowers will be displayed, and grass and dirt will be brushed off grave stones. Back in 1868, our country set aside this day to remember the fallen and salute the