Betty Luethje, age 93, of Luverne, Minnesota, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, while at her daughter’s home in Arizona. 

In mid-February, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman, Congressman Glenn (GT) Thompson (R-PA) released the text for the revised version of the U.S.

To the editor:

Once again, we’ve grabbed our guns, 

and sent our daughters, and our sons, 

to a place where wars, are never won; 

ALL IN THE NAME OF OIL. 

Venezuela and Iran, are full of oil, 

so, what do we do, we bomb their soil. 

It’s been a while, but I am back at the keyboard hunting and pecking out my first column in over a month and a half. 

Over the last six weeks I have had two emergency room visits, one at Sanford Luverne and two days later at Sanford Sioux Falls. 

According to Wikipedia, “knocking on wood” is a superstitious tradition to avoid “tempting fate after making a favorable prediction or boast, or a declaration concerning one’s own death or another unfavorable situation.” 

This week, March 8-14, is National Groundwater Awareness Week, a national observation dedicated to the responsible management and use of groundwater. 

I sure wish I could explain why one of my dog’s teeth are super white with no tartar or build-up and the other one’s teeth are kind of yellow and need veterinarian dental attention.