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Sally Jo Sorensen publishes Bluestem Prairie for those who prefer take their corn with a progressive chaser.
In Sunday’s Star Tribune, general assignment reporter Curt Brown weaves a colorful narrative of envy in Sand mining creates wealth and friction (what appears to be his first frac sand mining story), while failing to note that neighbors of a farm couple who collected $550,000 for their place might have more powerful reasons not to wave when they pass by. Continue Reading
To: Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk Continue Reading
One of the emerging narratives about the coming legislative session is that Minnesota’s DFLers better not do too much with their mandate. Continue Reading
While Bluestem was considerably cheered up by the results of the elections earlier this month, we have been rather distressed by the quality-control problems being experienced by True North, Minnesota’s group home for conservative bloggers. Continue Reading
Although the headwaters of the Minnesota River Valley are threatened by public-private shenanigans in Big Stone County on behalf of a mining corporation, other good news is coming out of the Minnesota River Valley this week. Continue Reading
Just before Election Day, Bluestem noted the Catholic Church’s silence on the voter restriction amendment in Voter restriction, the Catholic Church and the Land Stewardship Project’s rural witness. Continue Reading
There’s much map-posting going on about votes on the amendments that were on Minnesota’s ballots, with some expressing surprise that the voter restriction amendment fared so poorly in Greater Minnesota. Continue Reading
Nestled beside a shallow lake just off Highway 7 in Kandiyohi County, Lake Lillian (pop. 238) has been undergoing a bit of a revival of late. There’s a new restaurant and several other new businesses on Main Street, and when Bluestem drives through, there’s a noticeably increase in cars parked there. Continue Reading
Since mid-summer, Bluestem has been reading reports in Greater Minnesota newspapers detailing the concerns of local officials about the potential costs of the voter restriction amendment. Continue Reading
The historic Columbian Hotel, built in 1892, burned to the ground in Ortonville, Minnesota in an early morning blaze that brought firefighters from nearby Clinton, Big Stone City, South Dakota, and Milbank, South Dakota, to the aid of Ortonville’s fire department. Continue Reading