Still Not in the GardenAfter killing at least 75% of the flowers and basically all of the herbs and brassicas I had started, I started more seeds...

May 19, 1966Larry Urban became the ninth THS athlete to receive the Commercial Club Sportsmanship trophy which was awarded Wednesday night at the...

News in a NutshellWhat’s behind U.S. obsession with building thousands of AI data centers? Look to Washington’s new ‘Autonomous Warfare Center’ for clues — The wars in Iran...

A Little Burned OutOh silly, silly me. I can’t believe what I did.I walked up to my plant shelf last week and noticed that one of my tomatoes was...

May 12, 1966Catherine Hart and Gerald Schroeder, both of whom will graduate from Mankato State in June, were hired Monday night as members of next...

News in a NutshellIn the Headlines • According to the American Farm Bureau Federation and USDA Economic Research Service, here are the U.S. Chapter 12 (family farm)...

Tidbits• I needed a new lid for my water cup. One of my children dropped the cup and the lid broke.I went to the retailer’s website and was pleased...

May 5, 1966Janette Mallory received word that she has been accepted as a Martin County student to attend a Young Peoples Citizenship Seminar Aug....

News in a NutshellThe ceasefire is over; the shooting has resumed; just as we knew it would — US-Iran war officially restarted Monday with both sides claiming to have...

April 28, 1966Over 1,000 spring plants will be given away the weekend of May 6 and 7 by Truman merchants. Participating merchants will mail 1,000...

Cat ProbioticsCall me silly, but I never really thought about the fact that animal probiotics were a thing. Should I have known that? Probably. Did...

News in a NutshellIn Minnesota HeadlinesFederal agents executed at least 22 court-authorized search warrants across Minnesota on Tuesday morning as part of an ongoing...

The Growing is GoingThis week is a seed starting update. On Feb. 20 I started a host of tomato and pepper seeds. Ambitious? Perhaps. Going OK so...

April 21, 1966Trumanite Elmer Kitzerow was severely inured Friday evening when he was apparently struck by a hit-and-run driver as he was walking...

News in a NutshellPalantir manifesto calls for U.S. to return to military draft — AI-based defense contractor and creepy tech giant with a clear interest in more wars also...