Spirit Lake and Okoboji, Iowa · Friday, September 3, 2010
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Letters to the Editor
Health and Wellness Expo (09/01/10)
Dear Editor, We would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Dickinson and Clay Counties for...
What a community! (09/01/10)
What a community! To those who donated money, school supplies and/or their time so that Upper Des Moines Opportunity,...
Expo-nentially thankful (09/01/10)
A very special thank you to the Cattlemen for cooking the hamburgers for the health and wellness expo and to all the...
Little knocks (09/01/10)
It's that time of year again ... School is starting, and with that will soon come those little knocks at your door from...
Kiwanis 'thanks' (09/01/10)
The Spirit Lake Sunrise Kiwanis Club would like to thank Pete Redman and Butch Parks from the Barefoot for donating a...
Columns

Wish you were here: As sun sets on another summer, there's no place I'd rather 'staycation'
All right locals, fess up. It's mid August, and you're getting sick of traffic. The stop signs at the junction for 9 and 71 mirror the highest level of "Frogger," a trip inside Wal-Mart means you'll inevitably bash your wobbly cart into the ankles of unknown vacationers, and your favorite restaurants have a wait most nights.

Damsel in distress takes time to examine the cost of carrying life's burdens
It was the long-awaited end to what had been an exhausting Monday. I was loaded down like a pack mule crossing the Oregon trail with the supplies of my day; a purse, a bag of miscellaneous work items, a set of high heels, coffee cup and half-empty can of Diet Coke...