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“It is preferable to be cautious in one’s choices and actions than to act recklessly and suffer afterwads.”

— English proverb

Fall brings a wave of excitement to the stages at our our high schools. This year, our award-winning theatre programs will feature musical versions of “Shrek” and “Sister Act.”

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Grand juries and their issuance of indictments have been in the news lately. So what is a grand jury?

We have the high honor in Dakota County of hosting Minnesota’s official Veterans Day Program again this year. It’s has been a great privilege for Inver Grove Heights to host the official program more often than any other city in the state.

“This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave,”

— Elmer Davis

“Only The Brave” is the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a twenty-man Arizona wildfire team that risked everything to protect an Arizona town from a devastating wildfire in 2013.

In southern Minnesota, a woman who was previously suspended from the practice of law was appointed as a guardian for dozens of vulnerable adults.

Project 1007, a large flood-control project constructed by the Valley Branch Watershed District, turned 30 this year—and continued its unblemished record of controlling Washington County flood waters.

Recently I read a social worker’s report indicating that a psychologist believed a parent and child were in a “reverse parenting” relationship. I have observed that situation occasionally in contested custody and child protection cases.