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A trip to the newspaper convention reveals something about Lake City
Feb 11, 2026
Last week, fellow Graphic staffer Sarah Ziebarth and I traveled to Brooklyn Park to attend the 159th annual Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) Convention. As the state’s largest gathering of journalists and publishers, the event was a whirlwind of educational sessions, networking, and a keynote...
An update on election coverage
Oct 2, 2024
With the Nov. 5 general election just about a month away, the Graphic wants to update readers on its plans for election coverage and opportunities to read about candidates and weigh in on election candidates and issues.
In this issue and on Oct. 10, Graphic readers will find local office seekers’...
New fan wishes to know more about homegrown hockey star
Oct 20, 2022
Greetings, Lake Citians, present and past! We have a very bright new “star,” one likely to become more and more widely known, I am certain.
This refers to the emerging international hockey star, who originated in Lake City and graduated from Red Wing High School, which offered a high schoool...
Last chance for election letters
Oct 20, 2022
The last opportunity to have a political letter to the editor printed in the Graphic before the Nov. 8 general election is the Oct. 27 issue.
The deadline for letter submissions for that issue is Monday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m.
The Graphic doesn’t publish political letters to the editor in the last...
An update on political coverage and letters to the editor
Sep 28, 2022
With campaigning for the general elections in full swing, several readers have asked for coverage of the races for Lake City School Board and Lake City City Council.
In the coming weeks, the Graphic will publish responses to questionnaires from candidates in both races.
First up will be the school...
No more primary election letters
Jul 27, 2022
After this issue, the Graphic will not be publishing any letters about candidates in the primary election before it is held on Aug. 9.
This is to reduce the chances of a letter raising an issue for which there is no opportunity for the candidate to respond in print before the election.
An...
Clown comment was over the line
Mar 10, 2021
After reading the letter to the editor from Richard Butler in last week’s Graphic I am a little upset with the application of your own opinion standards that are printed right there on the same page every week.
I know it is not a hard rule to avoid national issues but the one about avoiding insults...
Insulting that editor doesn’t follow guidelines
Mar 10, 2021
Once again, I do not blame Richard Butler for spewing political divisive rhetoric in the previous editions of the Graphic.
My issue is with the editor who continues to insult the intelligence of the readers, subscribers and advertisers by not following the Graphic’s own guidelines and policies...
About those guidelines
Mar 10, 2021
This week the Graphic is publishing two letters critizing the application of our published letters guidelines.
I will address both of them, but first I want to encourage you to read the criticisms from Nathan Schumacher and Troy Emerson in full in case I inadvertently mischaracterize their...
Updated: Letters on national politics are good, actually
Mar 3, 2021
I write this letter in response to the one in last week’s Graphic headlined “Keep national political circus out of the paper.”
Troy Emerson, the author of that letter, claims to have been “frustrated” that the editor of the Graphic went against his own “keep it local” guidelines when he printed a...
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