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April 18
A 40-inch lake sturgeon caught and later released on the Rainy River near Baudette, Minn. The fish has undergone an impressive recovery in the area, w

Readers Write: Lake sturgeon, foreign policy, eclipses

Lake sturgeon warrant a "threatened" designation.
Letters
April 17
Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

The attitude: Weed? Go for it. Tobacco? No way.
Letters
April 16
Students pull books from the shelves in the school library at Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville in 2023.

Readers Write: Politicized education, presidential debates, election strategies, small-town papers

Indoctrination isn't so easy.
Letters
April 15
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of jury selection in New York on April 15.

Readers Write: 'Lawfare' against Republicans, presidential debates, diets, social work

It's more balanced than that. Look at this list of convictions.
Letters
April 14
Ukrainian soldiers fire a howitzer toward Russian forces in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on March 27.

Readers Write: Ukraine, swatting, government surveillance, higher ed, Comstock Act, eclipse

Tell us where you stand.
Letters
April 13
Readers Write: Social studies standards, data centers, tragedy, the Twins

Readers Write: Social studies standards, data centers, tragedy, the Twins

Take a deep breath.
Letters
April 12
Kate Gallagher of Minneapolis, was on her way to work after running some errands. She is a personal trainer at The Movement Minneapolis and was seen a

Readers Write: Transportation, ridesharing, homeless encampments, Upper Red Lake

Saddle up, everyone. It's back to the past.
Letters
April 11
The final edition of the Warroad Pioneer sits on a table at the Daisy Gardens restaurant, where a customer was reading it over breakfast, in Warroad,

Readers Write: The future of news, Donald Trump's trustworthiness, electric vehicles

Treasuring my printed paper.
Letters
April 10
Mourners attend a funeral outside Kabul, Afghanistan, for a victim of the ISIS-K attack at the international airport in the city in 2021.

Readers Write: Foreign policy, war, abortion in Arizona, ethanol

We haven't figured this out, all right.
Letters
April 9
Owen Kloncz, 4, looks up to the sky to try to find the sun and the solar eclipse on Monday at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Readers Write: Eclipse, HCMC, nuclear power, Southwest light rail

A missed vocabulary lesson!
Letters
April 8
The Highwater Ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minn., in 2022.

Readers Write: Ethanol, synthetic turf, composting, traffic, e-bikes

Time to wind down our use of ethanol.
Letters
April 7
The familiar cereal aisle, in a grocery store in Texas.

Readers Write: 'Anti-diet' promotion, housing, Donald Trump, cats

Sugarcoating the bad news: Some foods are not very good for you.
Letters
April 6
Nate Otto disassembles a player piano in his backyard on Dec. 19 in Anoka.

Readers Write: Playing the piano, closing prisons, disability community, college sports

I'm no Beethoven, but I appreciate my piano.
Letters
April 5
A rendering of what the Cedar-Riverside area might look like if Interstate 94 between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul were turned into a bou

Readers Write: Replacing I-94, women's sports, health care

A proposal for endless honking.
Letters
April 4
Morning traffic moves on Interstate 94 eastbound in St. Paul during the March 25 snowstorm in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Replacing I-94, Southwest light rail, Donald Trump

Eliminating the freeway? Don't do it.
Letters
April 3
Uber driver Mohamed Egal accepts a rider on the app on Feb. 16 in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Uber and Lyft, sagging infrastructure, Gaza aid workers

Uber and Lyft aren't kidding.
Letters
April 2
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich., in February.

Readers Write: Donald Trump's tactics, politics, sports

More disturbing by the day.
Letters
April 1
A view of Hennepin Avenue between 25th and 26th streets in 2022. This block is part of the Hennepin reconstruction project, which stretches from W. La

Readers Write: Hennepin Avenue redo, Donald Trump, presidential primaries, trash

Everyone but the decisionmakers knows this isn't a good idea.
Letters
March 31
Construction workers build an apartment building in downtown Excelsior in January.

Readers Write: Housing, college professors, NBC News, presidential primaries, Ryan Londregan

Housing costs aren't divorced from policy.
Letters
March 30
A “private property” sign is posted on a plot of land on Park Point in Duluth that was purchased and cleared by the Cargill family.

Readers Write: Kathy Cargill and Park Point, state growth, DEI initiatives

Does Miss Manners do tutoring? Asking for a certain Duluth landowner.
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