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3 components to a perfect looking deck! Inspect, Clean & Stain!
With year round exposure to sun, rain and lets not forget that four letter word that plagued us for the last seven months.snow, in our neck of the woods it takes a toll on your wood deck. Anyone who...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:48 AM
Paddling through life
I keep an eye out for talent and deeper meaning; talent because it should be recognized and deeper meaning because it makes life easier to understand. This week I found both. Jim Seibel lik...
Posted on 3/24/12 at 7:15 AM
Minnesota limits walnut wood imports
Walnut wood is no longer allowed into Minnesota if it comes from 11 states with thousand cankers disease. Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson announced the quarantine to prevent the disease fr...
Posted on 8/11/11 at 5:19 PM
Don't move firewood —Buy it where you burn it!
It is against the law (M.S. 89.551 Sec. 2 Subd.3b) to bring unapproved firewood into any state park, state forest or day-use area. Find a DNR approved firewood vendor near your destination, Be sure...
Posted on 8/25/10 at 8:22 AM
Wood Pile
When you heat your home and your hot water with wood you occasionally have to cut wood or buy some. The woods that surround our house are mainly Burr Oak. We only cut the dead, down or hazard trees. F...
Posted on 2/6/10 at 6:24 AM
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 29, 2009
A wag of my acquaintance once said that word processors are ruining the art of biography. He explained that it’s so easy to type on them (no carriage return, no worries of hyphenation, etc.), that “if Moses had one, there’d be 17 commandments rather than 10.”By Dave Wood , April 29, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 22, 2009
As I’ve mentioned before, I love to read books that embrace a specific locale. In fact I got started reading when I was in high school and someone told me about Sinclair Lewis, a writer who grew up in a small town, like me. I gobbled up “Main Street” because it smelled like home.By Dave Wood , April 22, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 15, 2009
‘They roused him with muffins -- they roused him with ice -- They roused him with mustard and cress -- They roused him with jam and judicious advice -- They set him conundrums to guess.By Dave Wood , April 15, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, April 8, 2009
After graduating from Harvard, Sara Houghteling studied for her master’s degree in fine arts at the University of Michigan, where she received a Fulbright Scholarship to Paris and one of Michigan’s highest honors, the Avery Hopwood Award for novels.By Dave Wood , April 08, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 18, 2009
Baseball is getting underway, so for a behind-the-scenes look could I suggest “Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training,” by Charles Fountain (Oxford University Press, $24.95)?By Dave Wood , March 18, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 4, 2009
Award-winning Minnesota poet Larry Schug just sent me his new book, a gem called “Arrogant Bones,”(North Star Press, $12.95).By Dave Wood , March 04, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Feb. 25, 2009
“Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington,” by Robert J. Norell (Harvard University Press, $35) is a fine new look at a historical figure who has suffered a bad rap for too long.By Dave Wood , February 25, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Feb. 11, 2009
I'm proud and happy to work for newspaper organizations who still believe it's important to publish news about books and the folks who write them.By Dave Wood , February 11, 2009
Area lawmaker decides to fight drunken driving, possession charges
A judge has ordered Rep. Jeff Wood, I-Bloomer, not to sell the car in which he was allegedly driving drunk last December.
February 05, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 28, 2009
“Your Heart Belongs to Me,” is not a sappy Tin Pan Alley lyric, but the title of a new thriller by Dean Koontz (Bantam, $27).By Dave Wood , January 28, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 21, 2009
Several years ago, my friend novelist Carolyn See wrote a tell-all book about her family’s century long love affair with alcohol addiction.By Dave Wood , January 21, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Jan. 14, 2009
Years ago, I saw a wonderful Twilight Zone episode in which a small time newspaper editor sold his soul to the devil in order to save his newspaper.By Dave Wood , January 14, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Dec. 31, 2008
Two talented upper Midwestern writers with ethnic interests headline today’s book report.By Dave Wood , December 31, 2008
Dave Wood's Book Report, Dec. 24, 2008
Merry Christmas! James Merrill (1926-95) grew up in the lap of luxury, the son of Charles Merrill, the founder of Merrill, Lynch.By Dave Wood , December 24, 2008
Lawmaker hires lawyer as other alcohol-related incidents come to light
State Representative Jeff Wood has apparently changed his mind about not hiring an attorney for his drunken driving and marijuana case.
December 22, 2008
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