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    February 2, 2018
    Editorial: Stepping out of my comfort zone
    Eventually, you have to grow up. Up to this point, my whole professional life has revolved around sports. The "toy department" in journalism...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 2, 2018 - 10:00pm
    January 19, 2018
    Editorial: By all indications, we're good and could be better
    Families living in the upper Midwest should be feeling pretty good — subzero weather and all. The cold, hard truth — when you look...
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 19, 2018 - 2:12pm
    January 12, 2018
    Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, speaks at a convention in San Francisco, April 30. Copyright 2018 New York Times
    If you’re using Facebook to find your news, you’re going to be seeing less of us
    If you get your news using Facebook, you deserve to know that the social media platform is changing the way it delivers that information to you....
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 12, 2018 - 4:15pm
    November 9, 2017
    Editorial: Veterans have earned twice the thanks
    You'll go to bed Friday night and wake Saturday as you did today, living in a free land. You can thank every veteran — from those determined...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 9, 2017 - 10:00pm
    October 12, 2017
    Editorial: Expect that school bus to stop
    Minnesota and Wisconsin state laws require vehicles to stop for school buses when the bus driver activates the flashing lights and has the crossing...
    opinion/editorialsOctober 12, 2017 - 10:00pm
    October 1, 2017
    Editorial: Don't turn harvest into a road tragedy
    Midwest gold is flowing. We refer to corn. Farmers and custom-combine professionals are hard at work harvesting 2017's bounty. This means motorists...
    opinion/editorialsOctober 1, 2017 - 5:33pm
    September 24, 2017
    Editorial: No more 'one for the road'
    Again and again people make the wrong choice. They have two, three, four drinks too many and then get behind the wheel. In Minnesota, 41 percent...
    opinion/editorialsSeptember 24, 2017 - 11:00am
    August 30, 2017
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    Editorial: The continuing need for vaccinations is clear
    The region's measles outbreak ended just in time as thousands upon thousands of children return to classrooms and young adults head to college....
    opinion/editorialsAugust 30, 2017 - 7:13pm
    August 24, 2017
    Editorial: Help kids get back to school safely
    Back to school. Back to the routine. Back to the unpredictable, too — at least until things settle down. Young children's reactions often...
    opinion/editorialsAugust 24, 2017 - 6:00pm
    August 16, 2017
    Editorial: Imagine you have no newspaper
    Steve Gall RiverTown Multimedia Publisher Anne Jacobson RiverTown Multimedia News Director If reading your community newspaper evokes any sort of emotion in you, more often than not, we've done our job.
    opinion/editorialsAugust 16, 2017 - 11:10am
    August 11, 2017
    Editorial: Conservation success story continues to soar
    The United States nearly pushed its national symbol to extinction in the 20th century. Yet 10 years ago today, the bald eagle officially came...
    opinion/editorialsAugust 11, 2017 - 1:00pm
    August 3, 2017
    Goats like these shown at the 2016 Goodhue County Fair are just some of the sights fairgoers can look forward to visiting their local county fair. File photo
    Editorial: The fair is still the fair
    Summer enters the home stretch this week, which means August has arrived and we're at the height of fair time. As soon as one closes, another...
    opinion/editorialsAugust 3, 2017 - 8:59am
    July 25, 2017
    Editorial: Read, debate with an open mind
    One or our RiverTown reporters has a favorite question he likes to ask interviewees: What one thing do you believe everyone should have, regardless...
    opinion/editorialsJuly 25, 2017 - 8:26am
    July 19, 2017
    Editorial: Our sense of community is changing
    It's obvious the world is changing at a rapid rate. What an understatement. The older generation reminisces about the time when the world moved...
    opinion/editorialsJuly 19, 2017 - 4:15pm
    June 4, 2017
    Minnesota Capitol / File photo
    Editorial: Three branches of government for good reason
    Minnesota Miracle? Hardly. Minnesota Nice? Not a chance. Minnesota Mud? That's more like it right now since our state government is mired in...
    opinion/editorialsJune 4, 2017 - 8:00pm
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