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09/20/2026 · Williston

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The Tiny Reset That Keeps Your Day From Becoming One Long Blur

Your attention doesn’t instantly follow you from one task to the next. A two-minute closing ritual can help your brain put one thing down before you pick up another.

09/20/2026

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Poem of the Day

The Tiny Word That Makes Dickinson’s Hope Fly

Emily Dickinson doesn’t describe hope as a feeling, a plan, or a promise. She calls it “the thing with feathers”—and that oddly modest word, thing, is where the poem’s magic begins.

09/20/2026

Quote of the Day

The Radical Meaning of “Power Over Themselves”

Mary Wollstonecraft was not asking women to trade one kind of domination for another. In a sentence that still cuts through a great deal of noisy advice, she made autonomy—not superiority—the point.

09/20/2026

The National Ear

Washington’s Power Test, Wall Street’s Patience Problem

The president keeps pressing the limits of executive power while Congress searches for a way to keep the government funded. Meanwhile, households keep paying for an economy that looks stronger on paper than it feels at the checkout counter.

09/20/2026

The Curator

Museum Labels Need to Stop Writing Novels

The tiny paragraph beside a painting should help us see the art, not challenge us to a hostage negotiation. Museums, please: fewer footnotes, more human beings.

09/20/2026

The Weekend Escape

Lanesboro, Minnesota: A Tiny Town With a Trail, a Trout Stream, and Very Good Pie

Take the back road to Lanesboro for a cheap, cheerful weekend of bike rides, limestone bluffs, and food that does not require a reservation made three months ago. The surprise: this quiet Root River town has a serious theater scene.

09/20/2026

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Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting Scheduled for September 15th

Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting September 15, 2024 7:00 PM Commissioners Room, Richland County Courthouse Agenda available prior to meeting.

Richland County Commissioners to Meet October 1st

Board of County Commissioners Meeting October 1, 2024 10:00 AM Commissioners Room, Richland County Courthouse Agenda to be posted.

Richland County Fair & Rodeo Set for July 24-28

2024 Richland County Fair & Rodeo July 24-28, 2024 Richland County Fairgrounds Details to be announced.

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Public Hearing for Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Industrial Water Depots

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CJA Distinguished Panel Attorney Award - Justice Mark A. Friese

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