Dads, motorcycles, golf and beer
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Father’s Day is Sunday, so I thought I’d cover a few topics that the dads out there might enjoy; motorcycles, golf and beer. I rode my first motorcycle in...
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On the end of the school year
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff By the time this story makes it into newsprint and the hands of our readers, I’ll be neck-deep in the final two days of school. I am blessed to...
A history of remembrance
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the most interesting historical sources are the messages soldiers send home from the battlefront. Not so much for what they tell us about the specifics of warfare, but...
The morning after the election
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The morning after the election, I took a walk. The dark computer screen across the room beckoned me to waggle the mouse and wake it while I tied my...
My mom is kind of a big deal
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff There’s not enough room on this page — maybe even in this paper — to adequately praise or even describe my mom. She’s kind of a big deal. So...
Passenger seat past
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It is a spring evening, nearing sunset, after a warm day. The smell of sun-baked lakebed and blooming skunk cabbage fills the car, carried by a loud rush of...
The small, good things
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Every job has its stresses, no matter if you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or the dishwasher in a small-town diner. Journalism is one industry with a...
Farewell Mr. Marker
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s common for people to point to “that one teacher” who made a big impact on them when they were young. I’ve been lucky to have many: Shannon Delewese,...
Confessions of a journalist who is terrified to spell your name wrong
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff On a Wednesday evening, walking away from the office after sending another issue of the Reader, my heart pounds. Despite nearly five years of this weekly rhythm — plan...
An exercise in frustration
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s official: traveling is back. Though the number of people passing through TSA checkpoints hasn’t quite reached pre-pandemic levels, the seven-day average is the highest it has been since...
