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Walz is disloyal to district
By Gordon Walker, Good Thunder

In response to Karen Foreman’s Your View opinion Saturday, it is not hard to find facts on Tim Walz’s lack of local loyalty. Numerous resources report which representatives voted for bills and the verbiage of the bills — govtrack.us or clerk.house.gov, for example.

With the resources I mentioned, anyone can research and make an informed opinion of their own. ...more>>

• Your View: Walz is disloyal to his district
• Your View: Walz acts on behalf of working families

Brian Ojanpa | John Cross | Tim Krohn | Doug Wolter

City’s sole milkman not cowed by it
Milkmen like Les Allen are supposed to be long dead, figuratively speaking. ...more>>

• For now, Kahn has Wolves on right path
• Mankato, make way for Favre

John D. Reid
John D. Reid, age 64, of Eagle Lake died July 2, 2009, at his home....more>>

• James R. Miller
• Harry Vogt

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Area pool team takes first in Vegas tourney

They were experienced, they were talented, they were nervous. And when they stepped off the plane from Las Vegas on June 1, they were champions.
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• ’Dogs fall 5-3 to La Crosse
• Twins fall to Tigers in 16-inning marathon

Green Day frontman's wife remembers Mankato
Green Day wasn’t famous at the time. In Adrienne Nessler's own words, they were just another band she had seen a couple of times in the Cities....more>>

• Operation Green Day announcement
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Hot and humid beats the alternative
I gave up complaining about summer weather during a particularly nasty winter....more>>

• Outdoorsman's inventions a step up
• Sportsman club celebrates 60 years

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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces and Places
Faces and Places from the July, 2009 Mankato magazine...more>>

• PHOTO GALLERY: Camp Invention
• PHOTOS:A collection of vintage Chevrolets

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