by Forrest Peterson | Aug 22, 2025 | Words on Paper
City hall lobby displays ‘Welcome’ banners that hang from lampposts around town Driving through many small cities you often see banners fluttering from lampposts proclaiming ‘Welcome’ to (town). In the city where I live, the signs appear in five languages: English,...
by Forrest Peterson | May 22, 2025 | Words on Paper
Photo: West Central Tribune What’s wrong with this picture? Better yet, what’s right with this picture? In a small city amid central Minnesota farmland, this year the local Cinco de Mayo event was postponed to May 17. That same day several surrounding towns celebrated...