Ed Lee Columns

Hate to admit this but, I actually caught myself whining about how cold my hands were while working the video camera at the Polar Bear Plunge in St. Peter on Saturday.

10:18 a.m. Wednesday: Rumor has it the medallion has been found.
But don’t totally believe it until you read it at www.stpeterherald.com.

Let’s join Mother Nature in making things as difficult as possible for the Winterfest Medallion hider.
Record warm temperatures are melting the snow that could otherwise cover the $1,000 disk.

The flap over SOPA has us walking down memory lane.
At least 15 years ago, we wrote a news story. Another newspaper took the information, shuffled it, reassembled it and published it.

In the middle of the night, St. Peter is the warmest place along Highway 169.
That’s what the truckers no doubt would say if polled.

I had the chance this week to write equally interesting stories about an alleged bank robber; and a horseman who hoofs across the country raising awareness for hungry children.

What’s in store for 2012?
From the standpoint of local news, there’s so much that can’t be predicted.

Welcome to the Herald’s end-of-the-year column, a tradition that has gone on for the past decade and a half.

Good folks at Action for a Healthy Community have helped us eat right in 2011 by providing healthy recipes.

Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?
I don’t need Jeff Foxworthy to prove I am not.