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A little melancholy on graduation, but it's a good melancholy

The date was Aug. 18, 2010. It was a cool but muggy Wednesday morning as hundreds of New Hampton Elementary School students — many with their parents in tow — headed to the old building on Main and Linn to start another school year.

Why dogs are simply the best

One of our favorite games to play when it comes to my youngest son’s dog, Millie, is to see how fast she can go from relaxing, maybe even snoozing, to the window.

Happy retirement to a great Park & Rec director and good pal

By Bob Fenske

editor@nhtrib.com

IT'S A MEMORY forever seared into my mind.

Farewell my great aunt, you were the best human

I didn’t know Adam Larson from Adam before Monday night.

My guess is I’ll probably never meet the young man, but on one of the worst days of my life, the software engineer perfectly described my favorite aunt.

A long life so well lived

Paul Hassman and I sat next to each other near the scorer’s bench in New Hampton’s old high school gymnasium on a January night back in 2013.

Fenske: A couple of brothers would have made Doc Carr proud Saturday

It was one of those moments that make this job so much fun at times.

Fenske: Celebrating photo a year in the making

By Bob Fenske

editor@nhtrib.com

Dorothy Huber sat in the office with me last Thursday afternoon and made a pronouncement.

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Let us not forget, veterans earned those quilts

There are events that we cover pretty much every single time they happen. Town festivals, the fair and the first day of school, just to name a few.

One day at a time adds up to 25 years

One day at a time adds up to 25 years
I’ve got to be honest, I really don’t remember much about what was happening in the world in early 1996 in general and on March 23, 1996, in particular.

OK folks, what's up with yard signs and the need to steal them?

Somewhere in America, there is this large warehouse — I mean it’s the biggest in the world — and it’s packed to the rafters … with stolen political yard signs.

There are no ‘magic words’ to say about death of 19-year-old

The text arrived on my phone at 9:32 a.m. on Thursday.
“Hey, is the news about Jace true?”

This death penalty opponent can sleep well with this execution

It was a phone call that led to the biggest story of my journalism career.

Here's hoping it's OK to laugh at this virus

It’s Day 30 of the quarantine, but it feels like it’s Day 3,333,333.

Editor tries to make up for the lack of Christmas cards, letters

When I was a kid, one of the things I loved to read were the “Christmas letters” that were inserted into the holiday cards that we received by the dozens.

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