We read a startling tale in this morning's Fairmont Sentinel: Long-lost bracelet found in chicken. And in the Winona Daily News, we learned Damaged by floods, Rushford lefse company to expand. A crisis is adverted:
While he doesn’t expect to be short on supplies for this year’s holiday season thanks to the off-site storage, Johnson has taken a lot of phone calls from worried customers.
“You don’t want to be in between a Norwegian and his lefse,” he said.
We'll throw a few more rutabagas in the pot. (While many people enjoy their lefse with sugar and butter, a Norwegian-American college chum showed us the one true match for the flatbread: mashed rutabaggies).
In Walz news, we find news of press visits. In Waseca, the County News writes in Drive-by Discussion:
First District Congressman Tim Walz stopped at the Waseca County News office on Monday to talk with the editorial board about his first 10 months in office. Walz said his role is to reflect the people of his district and provide constituent outreach to them. He plans to run for a second term in the House of Representatives because he said, “There is so much I still want to get done.” Walz serves on agriculture, transportation and veterans affairs committees. He is proud of the work done on the farm bill, veterans benefits and ethics reform. He believes it is his role to be a “broker” for his constituents while upholding the integrity of his predecessors. He hopes trust can be restored to government. “The system can still work,” Walz said.
KEYC-TV in Mankato reports in Walz Recaps First 10 Months In Office:
Congressman Tim Walz stopped by our studio today to discuss his first 10 months in office and to talk about the months ahead.
Since January, the freshman congressman has worked on legislation in a variety of areas including education, armed forces, and disaster relief for southern Minnesota but with all the work that Walz has done, he says there is still more to do.
Tim Walz says, "I think we have to quit tearing ourselves apart over issues that are basically irrelevant or will never be addressed by the federal government and get back to the issues that truly matter. How are we going to educate our children? How are we going to insure our population so they remain healthy? How are we going to invest in our roads and how are we going to make this nation secure in a way we can afford to do so?"
Walz also addressed the much debated farm bill, and is optimistic it will be authorized by January.
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