It’s Jasmine’s Turn column: Goodbyes will never get easier
The following is an opinion column written by an Echo Press editorial staff member. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press. 10:00 am, May 28, 2021 ×
A blackout poem was created from a page of Danielle Steel’s “Once in a Lifetime.” (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
“Feeling more than a little saddened, she wrote, ‘Now what do I do?’
‘That is an interesting question. Why don’t you ask tomorrow.’
She assumed she would stay, but she longed to go.”
The lines above are compiled from a page of Danielle Steel’s “Once in a Lifetime,” but the majority of the page was blocked out to create this new message.
Community may have to choose between fluffy towels and lake quality, SunOpta manager says. 8:10 am, May 28, 2021 ×
Treated water from the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District cascades into Lake Winona. (Echo Press file photo)
The latest report on cleaning up Lake Winona is out, and the dollar figures to do so are as staggering as they ever were.
To reach the goal of reducing one pollutant chloride that enters the lake, technical advisors for the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District are estimating that the only two methods capable of meeting federal water quality goals would cost $150 million for one or $170 million for the other for installation.
Ex-deputy to plead guilty to being on fentanyl during deadly pursuit
Kelly Backman admits he was on drugs during a chase through Fergus Falls last October.
Author:
Minnesota Judicial Branch
A former Otter Tail County deputy who was on fentanyl during a fatal pursuit in Fergus Falls last October will plead guilty to one of the charges against him.
Kelly Backman, 43, plans to plead guilty to public officer misconduct, a gross misdemeanor, with a charge of fourth-degree DWI expected to be dismissed, according to a petition to enter a plea of guilty that he and his attorney signed on May 23.
133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead
At the center of it was a “very unlucky man” named Henry Schecher, according to Brittany Johnson, director of the Douglas County Historical Society. Written By: Al Edenloff | ×
The grave of Henry Schecher, a suspect in a deadly shooting in Millerville 133 years ago, is in the Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. This is a story of a heated land dispute, a deadly encounter involving a one-armed suspect, a murder trial, allegations of a buried gun, and ultimately, redemption.
It all played out on a small plot of Minnesota farmland in the southeast corner of Millerville Township back in 1888.