Hometown Source

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – The way our weather has been going, we could actually play baseball tomorrow. It is also possible that we could have a monstrous snowstorm on the Twins’ opening day against Albert Pujols and the Los Angeles Angels when the two meet on Monday, [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – There weren’t too many railroad tracks near the 80-acre farm spot where I was raised. But as I have grown older, or more elderly should I say, I have missed the sound of the train whistle and also missed the slam-bang of railroad [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – We, as Americans, are a very multi-ethnic society. For the past 36 years our nation has been observing Black History Month to recognize achievements by black Americans and to dedicate a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – From a business standpoint, some of the best information about legal and business practices comes from the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota. We often receive tips from the BBB that we try to share with our ECM-Sun Group readers. Here [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – It’s never too early to plan a summer vacation. One of my favorite tourist spots over the years has been Mount Rushmore, located in the heart of the Black Hills near Rapid City, SD. Viewing the four presidents carved in rock above the [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – Many of us received what we wanted for Christmas and have been spending our following days incorporating some of our gifts into our lifestyles. That gift may have been a new computer, a new television, a new car or a new phone. My [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – “Well, you haven’t seen nothin’ yet,” exclaimed President Ronald Reagan after he was elected to a second term in 1984. Some aspiring Republican presidential candidates are hoping they will be repeating that victory statement many times during the year 2012. The Iowa Caucuses  [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – Fellow ECM Publishers news and editorial guy Don Heinzman and I were musing the other day about the top news stories of 2011 in Minnesota. We agreed that the government shutdown in Minnesota that lasted 20 days was the No. 1 story of [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – There were lots of tears shed by many who were directly involved in the history of the Ford Plant in St. Paul. The plant officially manufactured its last vehicle, a Ford Ranger pickup truck rolling off the line on Friday, Dec. 16 and [...]

Clicking on the Web by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor – Our ECM Publishers editors and staff writers/photographers have been very busy the past few weeks tracking down Santa Claus. He’s everywhere and will continue making visits everywhere in the next few weeks. Every year, I track Santa down by using NORAD. In today’s [...]