letter

I ask the Bemidji community to support Sanford Nurses concerned about staffing issues. I had surgery two years ago in Bemidji. Pain pills failed to work for my pain, so...

The Minnesota Revenue Department decimates: per Minnesota sales tax fact sheet number 157. "LP gas delivered to a residence is assumed to be for residential use and is not taxable...

I totally disagree with the federal government having a Department of Education. In my estimation it should be abolished. I retired as an elementary teacher in Northome in 1983. As...

Immigration is an issue that needs our attention. The cost to us as Americans has been great. That cost includes a drain on our efforts to protect, not only our...

We got a letter in the mail the other day that had "Do Not Destroy Official Document" written in bold capital letters on the front. In more bold letters the...

"It's just 'kids being kids.'" "It has always gone on." These are often the responses or excuses given for instances of bullying in our school systems. Recently, it was reported...

To the editor: To remedy the violations to our Constitution by our elected officials in Congress, the Senate, the Judicial and our state officials, "We The People," have completed 11...

I applaud the City Council's decision last year to hire Community Development Director Rita Albrecht. It is obvious that despite the recession, Bemidji is still growing - setting sail. In...

While I miss seeing so many of you on a regular basis, it's been nice to spend more time at home and getting to know my wife again. It's been...

If you have been noticing the sounds of cowbells, air horns and duck calls during Saturday afternoons, you'll be pleased to know that it isn't the city of Bemidji being...

In reading the article about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America actions regarding the homosexual issue, I feel the need to reply. I am overwhelmed with the Christian church's misplaced...

The Kool-Aid must not have been mixed very well before you wrote the editorial on July 2 attacking Rep. Bachmann for her concern about ACORN's involvement in the 2010 Census...

I would also like to respond to Richard Peterson's letter. He started out so intelligently and when I reached the part where he started slamming native American people as a...

The recent gatherings of Republicans and tea party people who have rallied under the banner, "freedom over socialism" are seriously misguided. Although this slogan is emotionally charged and obviously manipulative,...

I find the letter posted on June 19, "Product of teaching evolution: godless society" very absurd. Though the theory of evolution is just that, a "theory," it is very convincing...