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It can be hard to imagine, with today’s mini-marts, Sheetz, Crosby’s, Country Fair and other gas stations scattered throughout the city, that in the late 1920s the very idea of

Herbert “Herb” Kendall, age 93, of Rochester, MN passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 peacefully surrounded by family. Herb was born August 19, 1930 to Herbert Bartlet Kendall and Myrtle (Ashford) Kendall in Stewartville, MN. He attended Stewartville Schools until moving to their farm in Spring Valley, MN in 1944. In March of 1947 he enlisted in the Navy. He was a 1st Seaman with the Destroyer-Tin Can, John W. Weeks. On March of 1950 he returned home and married LaVonne Mlenar on July 8, 19...

The most important lesson in life is to have values. Sixty years ago, an American newspaper columnist wrote about how, as a child, he was terrified by thunder and lightning and would hide, trembling, in his bedroom wardrobe. But his mother would come for him and lead him by the hand down to the front porch, where the display of heavenly violence could be seen in full force. He wrote his masterpiece on the day his mother died. He captioned it “She Taught Me to Love the Storm.” There she descr...

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor - Preventing child abuse, kindness of strangers, Martyrs Park, U. S. Rep. Ron Wright Readers would like more done to protect children, appreciate three kind strangers, suggest a great plan for Martyrs Park and fondly remember the late Rep. Ron Wright. Homelessness encampments at Martyrs Park in downtown Dallas on Feb. 2, 2021. Dr. George Keaton, the head of Remembering Black Dallas, has been a leading voice in the effort to commemorate local victims ...