VIEWPOINT
Viewpoint: Mayor takes issue with city hall plan critique
In the Aug. 25 edition of the Bulletin, the newspaper staff questioned the process, need, and decisions to date for the public safety/city hall project.By Myron Bailey , September 01, 2010
Judy Spooner: A roadmap to how streets are named
Recently, someone asked me why there are several streets in Cottage Grove that don’t seem to fit in with the current alphabetical system.By Judy Spooner , August 27, 2010
Viewpoint: Local children are global change makers
Kids at Middleton and Cottage Grove elementary schools embarked on an ambitious goal this summer of making healthy changes in their own lives in the hopes of also helping to improve the lives of orphaned children in Africa.By Rebecca Kropelnicki , August 26, 2010
Judy Spooner: What was your favorite candy?
Last week, husband Gary and I were discussing the candy we liked when we were kids.By Judy Spooner , August 20, 2010
Viewpoint: The conservation blotter
You know you live in a small town when it’s fun to read the sheriff’s report in the paper each week.By Angie Hong , August 20, 2010
Judy Spooner: Liver not the only fishy food 
I sat alone at the kitchen table for what seemed like hours staring at the liver on my plate.
By Judy Spooner , August 13, 2010
Judy Spooner: ‘The new people’ came in the ‘60s
I’ve written about the early history of the Cottage Grove area, but this week, I’m jumping ahead to the time when “the new people,” as longtime residents called us, moved in.
By Judy Spooner , August 06, 2010
Viewpoint: City, 3M can work together
Over 16 months ago, 3M came forward with a proposal regarding a supplemental fuel source for its corporate incinerator at its plant site in Cottage Grove.
By Vickie Batroot , August 04, 2010
Judy Spooner: I have enough stuff to stock an emergency room
When I was done cleaning the two drawers in the downstairs bathroom, I had a large plastic bag of stuff to throw away.
July 30, 2010
Viewpoint: Meeting will correct incinerator misinformation
There has been ongoing deliberation and media reporting within the community regarding the operations of the 3M corporate incinerator at the 3M Cottage Grove campus.
By Myron Bailey , July 28, 2010
Judy Spooner: After two weeks, ‘back on the beat’
A hospital is not a bad place to be during a tornado warning.
By Judy Spooner , July 23, 2010
Judy Spooner: Finding happiness
My first-grade teacher wrote, “Judy is a very happy child,” on my first report card.
By Judy Spooner , July 12, 2010
Judy Spooner: Some local history you might not know
Did you know Cottage Grove was once in the running as a place to build Carleton College?
By Judy Spooner , July 02, 2010
Viewpoint: The little neighborhood that could
Nestled in the woods, high above the Mississippi River, sits a little Newport neighborhood with a whole lot of attitude.
By Angie Hong , June 27, 2010
Judy Spooner: Houdini cat or meathead? You decide
I was writing a news story on my computer when I heard a whoosh sound behind me.
By Judy Spooner , June 25, 2010
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