Thanksgiving is behind us. Yes, millions of U.S. citizens took to airports, highways and visited with family and friends over Thanksgiving. All of us were warned that there would be an extreme spike following the holiday.

Area Chambers of Commerce are not allowing the Grinch to steal Christmas 2020.
Kasson, Mantorville, Byron and West Concord area businesses are launching an all out attack on the Grinch and hosting activities targeting moms, dads, kids and grandparents.

No one is surprised when an eight-foot gator climbs out of a South Carolina water hazard and trapes across a tee box. But it’s not quite as common in Minnesota.
A three-foot alligator emerged 10 feet in front of Cory Klocek when he was hunting near East Bethel on Saturday’s opener.
It being 2020, this strange encounter led Klocek to contact the DNR. He was given permission by a game warden to shoot the gator.

Earlier this week I received a call from a young woman upset that an editorial in this newspaper titled: “It’s over and the winner is…?” She was upset, claiming it was pro-Trump.
In conversing with this reader, I suggested that she consider writing a letter or guest column refuting what she had found to be off base. Her response stunned me…she stated that she was afraid of reprisals, but from whom? MAGA supporters.

Many strange things have occurred in 2020. Nothing compares to what recently popped up in Wisconsin. A snowmobile was being transported on Highway 63 in northwest Wisconsin when the vehicle carrying to sled was pulled over.

Last Wednesday evening I received a text stating that someone had published an announcement supporting President Trump on the DCI Facebook site and concluded the notice that the president would be at the Rochester International Airport for a rally with a “Woot! Woot!”