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I may be running for office, but I am not a politician. I am a lifelong Minnesotan and a husband, father, farmer, real estate agent, Harley rider,...

I grew up in a Republican household in Hermantown, a home that supported social-conservative values, that was strongly pro-life and pro-Israel,...

GRAND FORKS — There was a welcome development on the conservation front Thursday, Sept. 13, with news that the House Natural Resources...

FARGO — I'll never forget the day. In many ways, it was a day like many others. Blue sky. The sounds and smells of lawn-mowing in the distance....

LYME, N.H. — My quest for the best New England clam chowder started when I was young. Trips to the Connecticut coast or to dining rooms...

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — The window is open in this house tonight, letting the summer out and the cool autumn air in. It's dark before 10 p.m....

EAGAN, Minn. — Just inside the freshly Windexed glass doors of the still-new-smelling Minnesota Vikings Museum here in the southern suburbs...

In 2010, I won election to the St. Louis County Board running on three key values I still highlight today: responsibility, integrity, and accountability....

This election for commissioner in District 1 is about the vision you have for St. Louis County and what you want it to look like for the next...

Apparently, this summer, President Donald Trump discovered the phrase, "Trump Derangement Syndrome" — and liked it very much. "Some people...

Should an unaccountable United Nations court, created by a treaty to which the United States is not a signatory — and that the Senate has...

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — Tuesday morning, I did what millions of people have done in hundreds of places for centuries. I picked the few favorite...

The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle warned of the dangers of oligarchy: the rule of the few. In America today, a new oligarchy, independent...

Have you ever had kindness show up just when you needed it? If your answer if yes, when you've finished your morning coffee, please send me your...

Across the planet, people and communities are working together to transform how we grow our food. As fires, typhoons, hurricanes, extreme rains,...