Today's Topic

Brett Favre joined the Vikings this week. How much can his leadership and skills help the Vikings this season?

The news of singer Michael Jackson's death reminded me of an eye-opening experience of his international appeal.

For past few years, I've worked to attract wood ducks to my yard. I hung Wood Duck house a couple years ago, but didn't have any luck the first year.

Two pair of either Bufflehead or Hooded Merganser ducks were spotted recently on the South Fork of the Crow River near the Sanctuary.

Local lawmakers are listening to ideas from taxpayers about how to solve Minnesota's budget shortfall. The state predicts to be in the red $4.6 billion for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Washington Avenue in Hutchinson was the sight this week of a life and death fight.

"Kaptain" Robbie Knievel may end his U.S. motorcycle jumping career New Year's Eve with a 200-foot jump over the newly renovated Mirage Hotel volcano - while it is erupting.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson took action in August barring National Auto Warranty Services, Inc., d/b/a Dealer Services (“NAWS”), and National Dealer’s Warranty, Inc.

I drove the newly-opened Highway 7 stretch between Hutchinson and St. Bonifacious for the first time this week.

I forgot how smooth a road can be after resurfacing. The old highway was rough and kept drivers from being too relaxed at the wheel. The new surface on the road is a distinct improvement. There seem to be little evidence of asphalt seems or breaks -- and it is a very smooth ride.

It appears to me the very low level of the Crow River in Hutchinson is finally starting to rise.

Do you think it is rising, too?

Rains always cause the river level to bounce up a bit. But, during the past two weeks, the river actually seems to be keeping some of its depth between rain events.

The shorelines this summer were as exposed as I have ever seen them. Some rocky shorelines had many feet of sandy beach below the rock rip rap.