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The Rice Soil and Water Conservation District is proud to congratulate Emmie Scheffler, District Technician, for successfully completing a one-year leadership development program sponsored by the …
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9/30/23
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I found this Minneapolis Moline tractor replica at a garage sale I took my wife to. I don’t intentionally do garage sales but occasionally an interesting item pops up. I am at that age where I do …
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By Terry Campbell
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8/28/23
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Fear can be in many different aspects of our life. It can be a fear of trying or doing something new or fear of not having enough money, time, new places, job loss, or failing relationships. We are …
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By Susan Hinrichsen, CHC, CLC, MC
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8/7/23
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Metabolic Syndrome was defined in 1998 as a cluster of symptoms related to how your body processes the food you eat each day. A person with Metabolic Syndrome has the following symptoms:
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By Noel Aldrich, PhD, CNS, Licensed Nutritionist
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7/31/23
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Millennials, that group of people who were born during the 1990’s through the early 2000’s. I have fortunately not had to deal much with millennials since I am much older. Psychologist Jean …
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By Terry Campbell
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7/31/23
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I was recently surfing the web for tidbits of information that I could include in my monthly health tip when I came across a great article on tomatoes. It turns out that tomatoes were not even eaten …
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By Dr. Shauna Burshem, D.C.
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7/31/23
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Most of us who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s were fascinated with rockets. From the sci-fi shows and movies, to JFK promising to put a man on the moon, it seemed like such an exciting future.
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By Terry Campbell
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6/26/23
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Fireworks are my favorite part of the 4th of July celebration. The large burst of glittering colorful explosions soaring up into the sky are always breathtaking; and extremely loud.
I’ve watched …
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By RosaLin Alcoser
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6/25/23
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As I sit down to write my monthly health tip newsletter, my thoughts turn to the overall theme of my health tips. The past few years my newsletters seem more about bad news than health tips. I enjoy …
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By Shauna Burshem, D.C.
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6/23/23
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First off, a special thanks to Bill and Marla Adams from Dodge Center, who sent me some lovely stories about geese in response to my last column. It is always nice to hear about braver souls than I, …
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By RosaLin Alcoser
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5/29/23
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The other night I walked outside and smelled spring in the air. It was actually the odor of a cow manure lagoon being pumped out, but on the farm that can be synonymous. It brought back memories of …
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By Terry Campbell
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5/29/23
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Exercise is widely considered to be the answer for weight loss, heart disease and diabetes prevention and overall health. When the topic of cancer comes up, exercise is not usually mentioned as a …
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By Shauna Burshem, D.C.
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5/29/23
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The business of artificial sweeteners is built on the idea that no- or low-calorie sugar substitutes will help you lose weight. Unfortunately, this simply isn’t true. Research has repeatedly shown …
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By Dr. Shauna Luhman D.C.
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5/2/23
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This is a picture of my dad from 1984. I grew up with horses, but my dad did not like them very much. As a young kid he would take me to look at horses. He would wait while I rode them. And he would …
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By Terry Campbell
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4/29/23
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There is nothing I fear more on this earth than geese… well maybe snakes, but geese are the more intimate threat. Because here in Minnesota geese are everywhere.
Geese are at the park, in the …
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By RosaLin Alcoser
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4/29/23
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We live a short distance from Erin, Tennessee. This is a small town established in the mid 1800’s by Irish immigrants. In the 1840’s the Irish potato blight had destroyed the main food source on …
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By Terry Campbell
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4/3/23
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No matter when Easter Sunday falls in the year there is one constand that we here in Minnesota can nearly always rely on, and that is that there will probably be either snow or mud.
As a child I …
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By RosaLin Alcoser
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4/3/23
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Lose Weight this Way
Lose weight for your health. Covid-19 infection effects people with co-morbidities more so than people without. Co-morbidities are underlying illnesses or diseases that a …
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By Shauna Burshem D.C.
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3/31/23
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Vitamin D supplements, as reported on in the National Library of Medicine and the Reviews of Endocrine Metabolic Disorders journal, can cut the risk of death from covid-19 by 51% and reduce risk of …
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By Shauna Bershem D.C.
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3/10/23
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Seasons in Minnesota, and the rest of the Midwest, and wild. You’ve got Per-Witner, WInter, False Spring, Second Winter, maybe Spring, construction season- also known as Summer, and Fall.
False …
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By RosaLin Alcoser
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3/5/23
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