Month: September 2017

Bryce Purcell, 11-year-old grandson of Jack and Peggy Purcell of Annandale, was chosen this past summer to play on an elite soccer team named XL National and traveled to Barcelona, Spain. Bryce entered in to […]

Tuesday, Sept. 19, was School Night for Scouting in Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, where parents signed up their boys to join Cub Scouts, at any elementary school in the state. You can also sign […]

I’ve got it: An easy way to avoid talking to people we don’t want to talk to. Coincidentally, it’s the same way we avoid talking to people we do want to talk to, and you […]

I’m trying to write a response to the letter "A Bunch of Traitors and Schemers" in last week’s Advocate which makes the accusation that the American media is "A wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat […]

After Peggy Hiestand-Harri’s mom retired, she planned to spend her time like a lot of Minnesotans do – with her kids and grandkids. And also like a lot of Minnesotans in their golden years, she […]

Last week I was asked to speak about my "writing technique" at the Annandale Improvement Club. Previously I have spoken at the Lutsen Garden Club, Schroeder Heritage Center, Kiwanis Club and the Christians Women’s Club. […]

The members of St. John’s Lutheran Church and St. Ignatius Catholic Church are co-sponsoring a worship service Sunday, Oct. 1, that was put together by the Liturgical Task Force of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on […]

September is National Library Card Sign-Up month, and Great River Regional Library has joined forces with the American Library Association and libraries across the country to highlight the ways library cards change lives. This year […]

Have you heard a good story lately? One that you could hardly wait until you could tell it to someone else? The folks who walked with Jesus enjoyed (or else were so shaken up by) […]

■ The Annandale High School Class of 1956 will hold a reunion at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Triple R Restaurant in Kimball. For more information, contact Judy Ferrell at 274-5232 or Teddy Kothe […]