Dan Rickert News Today

The next Age Exchange Forum, “Technology for the Non-Digital Native,” will be held Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Transylvania County Library Rogow Room.

After weeks of fighting for better working conditions at the Bemidji Post Office and arduous 12-hour shifts, Dennis Nelson finally hit a breaking point on Thursday.

“We are being treated so poorly — all we want is respect,” one former employee said. “They’re asking us to work 12, 14 hours a day, six days a week.”

If the game decides nothing beyond bragging rights, why does America tune in en masse to watch the Black Knights and Midshipmen duke it out year after year?

Conditions remain likely for more blazes in areas of Oregon and Washington suffering from extreme drought, said Ian Rickert, regional fire management planning specialist for the U.S. Forest Service and