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Representatives from All Seasons Water Users District (ASWUD) met with Rugby City Council members Dec. 15 to discuss concerns over costs for improvements to the
Ernest Luning: "Across the decades — but especially lately — it appears that Colorado voters are less inclined to pick their U.S. House members from the traditional fields that yield
Fans return to TC Summer Jam Friday's Carrie Underwood-led lineup at Canterbury Park put the summer fest back on track. July 23, 2021 — 8:10pm Text size Copy shortlink: As they arrived at a festival that just three months ago was in danger of being called off for a second year in a row, fans at the Twin Cities Summer Jam in Shakopee on Friday appeared unusually happy just to be worrying about the usual old concerns. You know, things like heat advisories, long beer lines, port-o-john cleanliness and horse ...
Make the most of beef-on-dairy calves “Sexed semen has changed the dairy landscape,” said Dan Schaefer, an animal science professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during the May Hoard’s Dairyman webinar. “The technology of sexed semen enables more rapid genetic progress in the dairy herd.” The question, he said, is what to do with the extra cow matings no longer needed to produce heifer calves. “The goal, of course, would be to add value to the surplus calves,” he said in his webinar presentation, titled “Capturing full value for Holstein and crossbred steers...
Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, said once, "If the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” I thought of that quote often while watching David Oyelowo’s very moving directorial debut. "The Water Man," with screenplay by Emily A. Needell, is about tough subjects, subjects even adults find hard to face, but it's geared for children and families, and it's told from the child's point of view. Eleven-year-old Gunner Boone (Lonnie Chavis) lives mostly in his head, riding his bike, visiting a local bookstore to pick up yet another collection o...