In the earliest days of Bemidji, when our town was little more than a post office, a store and six homes, a group of Benedictine nuns saw a need and responded. They founded St. Anthony’s Hospital, ...

I have been living in Cleveland, Ohio, for all my life. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the privilege to experience the weather in other parts of the world, but the good thing about that is that I have ...

Have you ever wondered why God gave you the personality he did or why you ended up with your eye color? We all know genes naturally play a large role in our make-up, but then I still stop and marvel ...

The funny thing about science ― political, natural, or otherwise ― is that it is all based on theory. On probabilities. In a technical sense, there is always the chance that a superior theory of ...

While watching coverage of a landslide on my news feed, I was reminded of a time when I had a close brush with one. A carpool I was in just missed it, but the carpool of friends behind us wasn’t so ...

Last week in this column I wrote about the major issue with the Rockwall County Strategic Plan. At the July 8 Commissioners Court meeting, one of the citizens that was instrumental in the development ...

As predicted after Susan Crawford’s big victory in the state Supreme Court race, a move to change Wisconsin congressional maps is underway. If successful, it seems likely to affect the Republican ...

When I treated my first dental patient on Nov. 3, 2021, I wasn’t just placing a filling. I was participating in a historic shift in health care access for our community. That day marked not only my ...

You should be as worried about rising temperatures as a child crossing a street — aware of both the threat and how to mitigate it. A new poll from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication ...

Change is the process of moving from a previous state. It can happen gradually or suddenly and affects individuals, organizations and entire communities. Change is about movement, shifting from what ...

Reports are growing of international students being notified that their visas have been revoked and are ordered to leave the country immediately. WNIJ has reported on the statement made by Northern ...