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    Mayor urged to protect all residents equally
    February 5, 2026
    I listened to the gathering at the library when the mayor entertained questions from the public. I was so shocked that I also read about it to be sure I had heard...
    Backer, Fischbach, Rasmusson challenged to speak out on deaths
    February 5, 2026
    I am wondering if anyone else is as concerned about the lack of action, as I am, shown by Jeff Backer, Michelle Fishbach, and Jordan Rasmusson, regarding the brutal deaths...
    Teacher criticizes mayor’s response to ICE operations in Pelican
    February 5, 2026
    As many in the Pelican Rapids area are aware, our town was recently featured in a story on Minnesota Public Radio. The story was framed around our mayor’s response, or lack...
    Speaking to Minnesota journalists Thursday, Governor Tim Walz defended the adversarial relationship between press and government, telling the audience that elected officials “damn sure better defend your right to beat them up every single day because that’s where the truth comes out.” The governor addressed immigration enforcement and government transparency despite arriving fresh from the dentist’s chair. The View FROM HERE: Walz delivers post-dental speech with unusual...
    February 5, 2026
    Minnesota Governor Tim Walz showed up to Thursday’s Minnesota Newspaper Association luncheon fresh from the dentist’s chair—numbed jaw and all—yet...

    History’s warning: Why government lists are dangerous
    February 5, 2026
    George Santayana - “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”Mark Twain - “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”I would like to respond...
    Work programs could replace costly deportation system
    February 5, 2026
    If you’re going to criticize (immigrants), maybe offer counter solutions? Throw them in jail? Deport them? OR -Put them to work! Teach them a trade!Years back, Stillwater...
    Devlyn Brooks is the CEO of Churches United in Moorhead, Minn., and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America serving Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minn. He blogs about faith at findingfaithin.com, and can be reached at devlynbrooks@gmail.com. No, they're not all paid professional, crazy activists in the streets
    February 5, 2026
    Meagan Quinn doesn’t consider herself to be a crazy, radical, leftie activist.The 32-year-old St. Paul, Minn., resident and small business owner,...

    Pelican Rapids Mayor Brent Fazier. From the pen of the Mayor: The power of showing up for those...
    February 5, 2026
    Creating safety through neighborly watch, careWe are all in need of companionship.“It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper...

    Do You Remember When? "The Music Man" performance became survival...
    January 29, 2026
    I enjoyed Kim Pederson’s recent article “School plays and life lessons” and was pleasantly surprised that she mentioned the Rothsay High School...

    Letters to THE EDITOR: Protesters focus on violent enforcement...
    January 29, 2026
    First, I’ll credit Norm for his use of logic and his metaphor of home security and border integrity. But I take exception to his characterization of those standing against...
    A Captain America figure that sits on a shelf above Managing Editor Nicole WK’s desk. The View From Here: ‘No, You Move’: Captain America, Mark Twain,...
    January 29, 2026
    When I took the reins here at The Press as managing editor, I expected a learning curve. January and February are usually slower months around...

    Voters urged to pressure congress over ICE violence
    January 29, 2026
    No matter how you look at it, ICE agents killed two people because they could, not because they had to.To quote our President, “Sometimes mistakes are made. These killed...
    ICE operations follow same logic as home security
    January 22, 2026
    Those standing against ICE enforcement operations are hard to take seriously because they are not serious people. They jettison reason and common sense in favor of...
    U.S. foreign policy raises questions about true motives
    January 22, 2026
    Remember the Beverly Hillbillies? Some of the first crude was basically the “Bubbling Pool!” And it was used for axle grease until somebody tried burning it! The race was...
    Brent Frazier, Mayor, Pelican Rapids. FROM THE PEN OF THE MAYOR: Federal law limits what cities can do...
    January 22, 2026
    City commits to serving all residents amid immigration enforcementThe City of Pelican Rapids is a small, peaceful city and community in West...

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