I hate August!
As a child, August signaled the end of summer and the beginning of the long days associated with school and homework.
It also meant the never-ending stream of back-to-school commercials, which only multiplied my dread of starting school.
The beginning of August was devoted to two-a-days for my high school soccer team. While it was a good time to improve my game, conditioning was far from enjoyable.

I had never wanted anything more than I wanted my driver’s license.
I thought it was something that I couldn’t survive without, that it was essential to being a teenager. Being the dramatic person I am, I made getting my drivers license into a big deal.
But anyone who is even slightly educated about driving knows that getting your license is a long process.

I hate August!
As a child, August signaled the end of summer and the beginning of the long days associated with school and homework.
It also meant the never-ending stream of back-to-school commercials, which only multiplied my dread of starting school.
The beginning of August was devoted to two-a-days for my high school soccer team. While it was a good time to improve my game, conditioning was far from enjoyable.

He has been gone for 11 years already, and I ache because the memories are sepia-toned.
There’s the photo of my dad holding an infant me on one hand, a big grin on his face.

Just as rooms in your house often demand a little extra tender loving and care with improvements and changes, the newspaper you pick up each week is really no different.
And for those of us whose job it is to put together the newspaper each and every week, that challenge becomes near and dear to our hearts.

Kasson’s comprehensive city plan workshop offered a tempting spin on a vintage TV game- show: Who Wants To Spend A Million Dollars?

Dean Nelson, Mantorville, is Honorary Chair for the 2017 Dodge County Relay for Life.
Nelson, 56, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the fall of 2007. There was a lump on the side of his throat, he said. He put off going to the doctor for a little while but then he decided he should have it checked.
“I felt fine,” he said. “I had no other symptoms.”
And no one in his family has ever had cancer.

SoberFest is big.
And getting bigger. An estimated 150 to 200 people participated July 29 in the 11th-annual event in Veterans Memorial Park in Kasson.

The Medford City Council took to the streets last week.
Council members and city staff were touring streets in the city that were in need of repair in hopes of finalizing a much-delayed street replacement project. The project was originally slated to be done this year, but disagreements over which roads need to be prioritized have delayed the project.