Dave Ramsey: Sallie Mae vs. selling the car
Dear Dave,I make about $70,000 a year, and I have $9,000 in student loan debt. I also have a car that would bring enough to allow me to pay off the student loans. Do you think I should sell?DaveDear...
View ArticleMeander continues to grow and prosper
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak recently called the Meander, “One of the five great events in Minnesota.”
View ArticleEric P. Bloom: 4 ways to make work feel more like play
Who said that work cant be a little bit of fun? After all, we spend 40 or more hours a week earning our weekly wage. Im not suggesting that we dont work hard or that no matter how hard we try it...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: More 426 Hemi news!
Q: Hello, Greg, I read your article on the Hemi and found a correction on the year available and some added historical facts. First, the 426 hemi engine first roared to life in Chryslers dyno rooms in...
View ArticleJeff Vrabel: Dads magical Angry Birds abilities
The thing that I love most is how the 8-year-old hands me me! the iPad to clear a level of Angry Birds: Star Wars, like thats something that I can do better. Like because I am a Grown Person...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Hyundai hatches a 5-door Elantra GT
You and I may wonder just what Elantra means, but to Hyundai it means sales. This year the Korean kolossus came out with a koupe er, a coupe version (two doors) of its popular Elantra econo-sedan...
View ArticleDave Ramsey: The tuition payment plan
Dear Dave,Our son is graduating from high school next spring. Weve saved cash to pay for his first year of college, and we have enough in mutual funds to pay for another semester. When should we pull...
View ArticleNew advertising representative joins Montevideo Publishing
There is a new face at Montevideo Publishing. Some businesses in the area may have already had a visit from Wendy Westby, the new multimedia sales representative for Montevideo Publishing, but for...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: The Lexus GS 350, then and now
Twelve months ago Lexus slipped a few pre-production examples of this car out the back door and handed them around as sneak peeks of a new 2013 model they were proud of. Last February I wroteLate last...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: The Saga of Young Joe
With more drivers on the road this 2012 holiday season than ever before, its time for our yearly column on the dangers of drinking and driving and using your cellphone while behind the wheel.This is...
View ArticleCounty wraps up budgeting
On Tuesday afternoon, in their last regular meeting of the year, the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners approved the final 2013 operating levy, and changes to the 2012 budget.
View ArticleLooking for a Tile Drainage Plan for your Field?
Utilize the CAP 130- Drainage Water Management Plan offered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Yellow Medicine County to design...
View ArticleCity Council reorganizes
Monday night was the first Montevideo City Council meeting of the new year, and the first meeting for newly elected council members Todd Hay and Nathan Schmidt.
View ArticleEric P. Bloom: Are you properly communicating to your staff?
As managers, one of our primary responsibilities is properly communicating with our staff. This communication could be task related, relaying announcements made by senior management, performance review...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: Reader recalls Madman Muntz Jet automobile
Q: Hi, Greg, and thanks for all the old-time car columns. I really enjoy them and they bring back great memories. Im now 81 years old and remember a car called the Muntz Jet that was built in the USA....
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Dude, your ride is here: Nissans JUKE
When Carlos Ghosn took over as CEO of Nissan more than a decade ago, the company was bleeding cash and a lot of its products were forgettable, me-too copies of various Hondas and Toyotas. Since then...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: Bricklin SV1 Safety Car remembered
Q: Greg, whatever happened to all those Bricklins that were built in the early 1970s? I dont see many advertised these days in the antique car magazines. Thanks, Roger M., Massachusetts.A: Roger,...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Bullish on the Taurus
There are still herds of ancient Ford Tauri from the 1980s and 90s roaming the American hinterlands, their once-daring, worn-bar-of-soap styling looking more and more like the automotive Lava Lamp....
View ArticleDear Monty: For sale sign installed without permission
Reader question: Can my neighbor put up a 4 x 12 for sale sign on my property without my permission? What do you suggest I do about it? MonteMontys answer: Hello, Monte, thanks for your question. No...
View ArticleDave Ramsey: The role of government assistance
Dear Dave,Im a single mom with three young children. I quit my nursing job a few years ago to be a stay-at-home mom, and one year later my husband filed for divorce. The state isnt keeping him...
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