God has allergies

Body By Bob Simmons, CEO, Simmons Multimedia In early September, we took a stroll through Menards in Grand Forks looking for deals on lawn furniture for Diane’s wine bar. A stack of plastic Adirondack style chairs jumped out at me.

Letter from the Publisher

Body Octo-what? Here we are in a new month! Right on cue, the leaves are falling and piling up, partly due to so much wind. The beginning of the week was a bit ridiculous, but I’m thankful we didn’t have a hurriweek.

The Morning Run: Embrace the “PP” and push that rock!

Body Embrace the “pp!” I’ll let that thought sink in for a hot second until you’re feeling sufficiently scandalized before I explain. And no, Mitzel is not ghost-writing this article.

Letter from the Editor: An artistic adventure

Body My weekend was full of ART, and I loved it! I started off early Saturday morning to Walhalla’s Farmers Market for Kids Day. I was geared up with my brand new face painting kit I had finally ordered online, as well as other various supplies.

Dead lobster

Body By Bob Simmons, CEO, Simmons Multimedia I like to read, mostly about business. I enjoy learning from others’ successes and failures. This week we’ll look at Red Lobster.

Letter from the Publisher

Body We’re back to summer! Back in the day (as my six-year-old grandson would say), we had a name for this stretch of warm weather that shows up after you think summer is over. It’s no longer politically correct to use such a name, so I can’t tell you what it is.

Letter to the Editor:

Body As a lifelong township supervisor, I see passing Measure #4 as a monumental misdirection of tax policy. It will stop collection of property tax on home and property, create a statewide yearly $1.

Letter to the Editor

Body With the 2024 election looming, the media has focused on the Presidential race, but one issue called ‘Project 2025’ is being tragically ignored. This defines Trump’s policy if the former President is re-elected.

Letter from the Publisher

Body Do we want to talk about Monday’s rain? I’ll keep it short. I just know that on Monday afternoon I headed into a storm west of Langdon that I had no business being in and have never driven in before - at least not that I can remember.

Letter from the Editor: Hip hoppin’ past 30

Body One perk of working for a media company is that sometimes there’s leftover tickets to local concerts and shows. Last weekend Courtney and Brandi approached me asking if I’d like to join the girls in attending a hip hop show in Devils Lake at Spirit Lake Casino.