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I hope everyone had a good Bar-B-Q Day celebration.

After 40 years of helping and doing what needed doing - I’ve not had the thought process to attend the celebration. Here’s why!

I’ve lived in Belle Plaine since 2001 and love the city. I’m in the process of listing my home for sale, and as dry as it’s been I’ve been watering my lawn so it shows better.

In conversation this week I learned that the Belle Plaine Superintendent of Schools does not believe that Belle Plaine deserves a new high school. I disagree.

As you may know, a murder suspect tried to beak into the apartment building on Elk Street to get to someone who lived there.

Who controls freeway shut downs for protesters and rioters?

On September 27, 2020 at 9 p.m., Eyewitness News told a story about a 59-year-old woman from Zimmerman, MN that had an extreme medical emergency on May 29, 2020 while the riots were going on.

What a year it has been! When I made my New Year’s Resolutions this year, I didn’t anticipate the changes that would be coming. I don’t think …