Fact or Fiction - Bob Hanson
Minnesota Farm Bureau’s Sesquicentennial Farm program will honor Minnesota families who have owned their farms for at least 150 years. The Sesquicentennial Recognition Program began in 2008. The program recognizes family farms according to the following qualifications:
1) The farm must...
The following are exit interviews after the F.R.O.G. (Fully Rely on God) Valentine's Party at Central Freeborn Lutheran Church Rural Albert Lea on Saturday evening, February 3, 2024.
1. Paul Anderson: I thought I knew how to play Bingo until I played Norwegian Bingo.
2. Gary Anderson:...
Do you know what happened January 23, 2024?? On that day Dolly Parton sang Happy Birthday to me!! (If you are a computer whiz kid, Dolly will sing Happy Birthday to you too on your birthday!)
An unusual event happened by our house in Albert Lea early a.m. Tuesday the 23rd of January. It...
Pheasant hunting season in Minnesota has ended for 2023. This was the 82nd year in a row the American Legion provided pheasant dinners in December to veterans and guests at the Five Minnesota Veterans Homes.
Prior to 1980 Legionaires went pheasant hunting and donated pheasants they and...
I like to sleep in a little later on cold wintry mornings, ‘til about 9 a.m.
My phone number is a 373 and 4 digits. Scammers know that 373 is a number that is prior to the heavy usage of cell phones. Therefore, the person answering is most likely older and more easily willing to listen to a...
As I write this column, January is about ½ gone before the ice will be safe for ice fishing. My license expires February 29, 2024. At this point in time I’ve accepted no ice fishing prior to February 29, 2024. (This would have been the 65th year in a row of my ice fishing.)
The only...
The weather was the talk of the Christmas season this year 2023 – second only to that little feller in a manger.
The area record high was 52 degrees on Christmas Eve and 53 degrees on Christmas Day. The high temps for this time of the year created lots of unusual things - for example...
Jan. 4, 2024
Editorial note: This column was intended for the Christmas edition of the Star Eagle. A double feature of Bob will be run next week.
The world is changing too fast for this old octogenarian Lutheran. Why do I say this?
Because first we changed the City of Albert Lea logo....