Check out July's stories from all over Minnesota and North Dakota below. 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. ‘Saving the last three bullets’; ‘Your dog saved my life’. Prairie Edition Focusing on Willmar, Marshall, Appleton, and nearby area

Check out June's stories from all over Minnesota and North Dakota below. 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. Coming to America; After high school graduation, I… Prairie Edition Focusing on Willmar, Marshall, Appleton, and nearby areas. A sp

By Jim Palmer Every year or so we like to give our readers a little writing assignment. We ask a question and give readers the opportunity to answer the question in the form of a submitted article. Earlier this spring, we asked readers the following question: “What did you do the summer after graduation?” We had a good response. Submissions can be found in each edition of the Senior Perspective. There are a wide variety of stories in all five editions and there are different

By Tedi Schmoll of Ogilvie By Tedi Schmoll of Ogilvie I’m not too sure of the exact date, but I remember the event like yesterday. Just think how many times there has been a trauma in your own life, you know you can recall it vividly. We were over at the blue farm, Martin and I, and we intended to put in some corner posts. “Mom,” the kids had said to me, “if you want to raise sheep, you have to put up fence ‘cuz we are not going to chase sheep anymore, we’re done being sheep

St. Cloud Woman's road to US citizenship By Karen Flaten “I left Germany onboard a ship on June 4, 1952, and arrived in the United States on June 14, 1952 – Flag Day!” exclaimed Marie Boom of St. Cloud. “I will always remember that. I am proud to be a naturalized citizen and I respect the flag.” Marie Boom, 85 (left) and younger sister Gertrude, 77 (right), took this picture together last September. The two woman came to the United States from Germany on June 14, 1952. Contr

By Rachel Barduson of Alexandria I remember one particular “first day of summer” when I had just finished the second or third grade. Of course, the first day of summer was the last day of school. On this particular day I remember that I had decided that it would be the summer that I would start digging a hole to China. You know, where all of the starving children were. You see, any time I was stubborn about not cleaning my plate at the dinner table, mom or dad would remind me

By Tim King Perhaps I shouldn’t be writing about this now. After all, winter is finished and summer is just over the horizon. I should, instead, write about Beardsly, in Big Stone County, rather than Tower and Embarrass in St. Louis County. But the subject has been nagging me since a friendly mechanic at my favorite gas station had the courtesy to pump the gas for my car last Feb. 2, Groundhog Day of 2026. “I was there,” he told me. “It was like a party.” It’s hard to imagine

DL woman fascinated to learn more about her great-grandfather, who fought in Civil War By Vivian (Makela) Sazama “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” –Abraham Lincoln For Carol Grina of Detroit Lakes it has been a joy to review her Great Grandfather’s extensive documentation of his Civil War history and later, homesteading in Otter Tail County. Carol Grina of Detroit Lakes cherishes the informatio

By Nancy Leasman of Long Prairie I lost the Turkish puzzle ring I had worn on my right pinky finger for about 20 years. It was a gift from my middle child. It had replaced one my brother had given me in high school – one I had also lost. A Turkish puzzle ring is made of interlocking rings, usually four but sometimes eight, that when assembled form one ring. Legend has it that a ring such as this was also a loyalty or fidelity ring. Given by a man to a woman who, if she remove

Carol Horsman of Waite Park captured this sweet moment of a tiny, spotted fawn resting quietly in the brush. Sharon Bandas of Silver Lake captured this lovely garden view, featuring delicate purple creeping phlox blooming among the rocks right alongside the season’s first bright red tulips. Kristi Flachmeyer of Litchfield captured this close-up of a unique purple flower featuring striking, speckled petals. Sharon Sannerud of Granite Falls photographed this incredibly vibrant,

Article written and provided by Jessica Landucci, Au.D., CCC-A, at St. Cloud ENT Jessica Landucci, Au.D., CCC-A, at St. Cloud ENT. Contributed photo Patients often ask whether wearing hearing aids will make their hearing worse over time. The good news is that when hearing aids are properly evaluated, fit and programmed specifically for an individual’s hearing loss, they do not cause further damage to hearing. In fact, hearing aids are designed to amplify sounds comfortably an

By Jan Stadtherr Dear fellow golden-agers! If you’re over 65, you may have entered a new chapter of your life as I did in April. Are you squinting as you read this and the letters look like hieroglyphics? Can’t see the road signs as you drive, especially at night? Those are some of the first signs you may need to have your cataracts removed. Ah, yes! Many of my friends have had the procedure done and they say, “There’s nothing to it! Everything will be brighter!” The surgery

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