http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/ Altona, MN News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/ae48555291ac6529e51b624a49e8622d.html GOP Convention delegates give Bloomington RNC high marks http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/b370c850315a88bc386d8fde79691b4a.html The Ashby Public School has a new wellness program with no more candy in vending machines http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/86065c7c5cfe7f6c81880bb0adf30ffd.html FAIRMONT Time is running out for anyone who wishes to file for an open mayor city council or school board positionThe deadline for filing is 5 pm Tuesday and updates were available Friday for several area races:FairmontWith three positions open on Fairmont City Council only two incumbents have filed for reelection and no other challengers have entered the race http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/e41d43c4249b691b94a37765c471ddd7.html Today the things that helped mark Israel Lutheran Church as a house of worship all must goAlong with the plates silverware and kitchen equipment listed there's an altar a Communion rail and stacks of hymnals on the bill for today's auction at the church site in rural Clarkfield http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/e421d199b78c8dbf7f3d07c694c099fd.html Gloria Steinem:Steinem was a member of Democratic Socialists of AmericaIn the runup to the 2004 election Steinem voiced fierce criticism of the Bush administration asserting There has never been an administration that has been more hostile to womens equality to reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right and he has acted on that hostility She went on to claim If he is elected in 2004 abortion will be criminalized in this country20 At a Planned Parenthood event in Boston Steinem declared Bush a danger to health and safety citing his antagonism to Clean Water Act reproductive freedom sex education and AIDS reliefSteinem has been an active political participant in the 2008 election She praised both the Democratic frontrunnersSteinem again drew attention for according to the New York Observer seeming to denigrate the importance of John McCains time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam Steinem's broader argument was that the media and the political world are too admiring of militarism in all its guisesAnd you wonder why she has negative feelings for PalinYa think it has anything to do with her hatred for RepublicansYa think http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/1cf3eed48c61906601f5f72bc7e647c6.html It's over The cheerfilled Xcel Center is now an empty cavern and in the light of a new and quieter day officials assess a whirlwind http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/6c0d6f0e6751fc24f1a3f42dce52874f.html Jail project estimated at 35 million http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/minnesota/altona/content/341b83b88ebf45d8de5ea9608ff7c5a2.html Readers will find two bonus sections in the Sunday Sept 7 Leader Shopper Home Style a locally written 32page home improvement edition includes these articles:Heat your home for less Writer Ardis Tobison interviews Hutchinson Utilities expert John Guthmiller to get timely advice about ways to save on your heat billMusical chairs six tips on furniture arrangement to revive a stale roomClean the green way Reporter Kristin Holtz interviews some experts on how to clean up the house with natural supplies such as baking soda vinegar lemons rubbing alcohol etcread more