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Columns Sep 30th 2020 - 2pm

From the archives, 1970: 300 attend school budget hearing

Columns Sep 30th 2020 - 1pm

In the Know column: Manufacturing provides largest payroll in Douglas County

Columns Sep 25th 2020 - 1pm

It's Al's Turn column: Insights from a grumpy editor

Columns Sep 23rd 2020 - 2pm

From the archives, 2010: Maritime Museum launches garden project

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Columns Sep 23rd 2020 - 1pm

In the Know column: Political fact checkers are busy

A sign proclaiming an area of fencing as "Alexandria Love Locks" hangs on Broadway Street in downtown Alexandria. Anyone can secure a lock and join the growing collection. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)

Columns Sep 19th 2020 - 10am

It’s Jasmine’s Turn column: Locking in a commitment

Columns Sep 16th 2020 - 2pm

From the archives, 1995: Cavers makes Top 10 in elite race

Columns Sep 16th 2020 - 1pm

In the Know column: Let's renew our energy and do good

Columns Sep 14th 2020 - 8am

It's Karen's Turn column: Minnesota after Roe v. Wade

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, a Democrat representing Minnesota's 7th District, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, spoke with members of the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce as he accepted the U.S. Chamber's Spirit of Enterprise award.

Columns Sep 11th 2020 - 9am

McFeely: Tossing aside Peterson's ag power would be mistake for Minnesota's 7th District

Columns Sep 9th 2020 - 2pm

1910: No drinking, swearing for football players

Columns Sep 9th 2020 - 1pm

In the Know column: I'd rather wear out than rust out

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Columns Sep 4th 2020 - 10am

It's Jared's Turn: Seven shots in Jacob Blake's back shouldn't cause debate

Columns Sep 2nd 2020 - 2pm

1970: Banke heads new environmental group

FILE PHOTO: 50th NAACP Image Awards – Photo Room – Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 30, 2019 – Chadwick Boseman poses backstage with his Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award for Black Panther. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Columns Sep 2nd 2020 - 12pm

QuaranTV: Remembering a true icon, Chadwick Boseman

Columns Sep 2nd 2020 - 11am

In the Know column: Ready for an uncertain school year

The Central Lakes Trail is often calm and serene but sometimes, not so much. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)

Columns Aug 28th 2020 - 1pm

It's Al's Turn column: Surprises and survival on a run

Columns Aug 26th 2020 - 2pm

1920: New phone book holds 700-plus names

Columns Aug 26th 2020 - 1pm

In the Know: Fall enrollment up at Alex Tech

Columns Aug 21st 2020 - 9am

It's Lowell's turn column: It takes time to learn how to live

Columns Aug 19th 2020 - 2pm

1960: In the movie theaters: Psycho, Elmer Gantry and Shane

This plane, owned by Kreg Anderson, manager of the Alexandria Municipal Airport, was designed and built by Richard Christianson back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Anderson purchased in November 2018. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)

Columns Aug 14th 2020 - 8am

It's Celeste's Turn column: Into the wild blue yonder

A Douglas County Sheriff's Posse member directs traffic at a mask give-away in Alexandria. (Contributed photo)

Columns Aug 12th 2020 - 2pm

In the Know column: What does the sheriff's posse do?

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Columns Aug 12th 2020 - 2pm

1995: Central Lakes Trail opens in Douglas County

Columns Aug 10th 2020 - 8am

It's Karen's Turn column: 10 things we all have in common

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