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2013’s bluecoat brigade: Alexandria Citizens Police Academy is in full force
The Alexandria Police Department is doing it again. Sixteen citizens have been enrolled into the Citizens Police Academy. They've got a thrilling ride ahead in the next few weeks.
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Soybean council to give away groceries for a year
The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council (MSR&PC) is hitting the airwaves using television advertisements that addresses consumer questions about farming and promotes the chance to win a year’s worth of groceries.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Ingebrigtsen: Governor's tax bill introduced
Editor's note: The following is a weekly summary from State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, about his work at the Legislature.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Capitol Chatter: Thursday’s forecast to show budget temperature
One of the big days of the Minnesota legislative session arrives Thursday, when state fiscal leaders announce how state revenues and spending are doing.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

Letter - How to waste tax money
In 1915, the owner of the Millerville Flour Mill built a bridge and dam, designed with removable planks to control water flow to produce power for the mill. It was built without engineering or public money, just hard work and common sense.
Friday, February, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

News Briefs: Guilty verdict in teen rape case
Editor's note: The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

No 'pane,' no gain: Propane powered vehicles are a gas in Alexandria
Twenty-cent weekly jumps at the gas pumps, fluctuating corn prices, skepticism about electric cars and insecurities about the fuel of the future caused some people to look elsewhere for an alternative energy source. Lee Ostendorf, owner/manager of TireMaxx in Alexandria, looked across the pond.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Letter - Gun column shortchanges the truth
A recent piece by regular columnist DuWayne Paul, titled “Gun salesman of the year: Barack Obama,” shortchanges both history and truth.
Wednesday, February, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

1646113 Foreclosure Postponement - Anderson

Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

Column - Anything scientific must, of course, be a leftist lie
There is nothing more stubbornly reactionary than those who deny anything and everything scientific. Facts to these people are nothing but pesky nuisances or, worse, lies disguised as “facts” by the liberal news media.
Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Commentary - County board offers year in review
Aerial photography of the county was approved, cost shared by the county, city of Alexandria, ALASD and Alexandria Light and Power. Board voted to ask Legislature to ban coal tar for driveways. Dave Robley was named “Engineer of the Year.”
Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

House votes to expand health coverage for poor Minnesotans
More than 35,000 low-income Minnesotans would gain health-care coverage under a bill the House approved Monday. Representative Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, said the federal government would pick up most of the cost under a new health-care law.
Friday, February, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Gun week fires up supporters
Gun week in the Minnesota Legislature came and went, but the debate is far from over. A former law enforcement officer, now a senator, pledges to continue the fight against weakening gun freedoms.
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

I'm Just Sayin' - The Church of Waddling Ducks
Soren Kierkegaard told a parable of a community of ducks waddling off to duck church to hear the duck preacher. The duck preacher spoke eloquently of how God had given the ducks wings with which to fly. With these wings there was nowhere the ducks could not go and there was no God-given task the ducks could not accomplish.
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - Background checks creates paranoia
Concerning the non-stop, abhorrent vitriol aimed at anyone who would like to see a tightening of background checks for weapons ...
Wednesday, February, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Alexandria City Council joins new economic development effort
When it comes to economic development, cities in rural Minnesota are not getting their fair share compared to metro areas, according to a new partnership.
Tuesday, February, 12, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

MPCA invites comments on statewide permit that regulates construction stormwater
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) invites comments through March 20 on a permit that regulates construction stormwater throughout the state.
Saturday, February, 09, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Editorial - Here's why public notices belong in newspapers
When readers are asked what their favorite part of the newspaper is, they’ll often say sports, obituaries, the front page, or the Life section. But there’s another part of the paper that is just as important: public notices.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Column - More guns are not the answer
I want to thank all of the readers who responded to my recent column about assault weapons. Some e-mail messages and letters were written in wholehearted agreement. Others were downright nasty and, as is so typical, mostly unsigned.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Letter - No more gun control, plain and simple
As a former sheriff and current state senator, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the United States. I take this oath seriously. Unfortunately, it is apparent that some do not.
Friday, February, 08, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

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