There is good news for Hayfield residents this week as Jim Baldus, owner of Ryan’s Foods in the community, has said he is speaking with a potential buyer for the grocery.

Fentanyl is cheap to produce, easy to disguise as prescription or over-the-counter pills, and can be deadly in doses small enough to fit on the tip of a pencil. Cartels have harnessed the power of social media to sell this deadly drug, leaving our kids in danger. In fact, one pill can kill.

I mowed the lawn recently and it looked better than it has during a lot of the summer. But with the green grass, I also collected a lot of leaves. This time however, I didn’t wear a T-shirt and shorts, it was jeans and a sweatshirt.

While the U.S. shares a common language, if you travel, you find states have unique localized expressions.
In Minnesota, everyone knows what “The Cities” are and where “Up North” is located. If you are from North Dakota, Minnesota, or Wisconsin, everyone knows you bring a hot dish not a casserole to a potluck.

Minnesotans can now officially submit their ideas for the next state flag and seal.The State Emblems Redesign Commission is accepting public submissions on its website: www.mnhs.org/serc.

In her column elsewhere on this page Sen. Carla Nelson addresses the dilemma facing college graduates who are seeing their student loan payments resume after being frozen during the COVID-19 pandemic.