By Nick Simonson   These days I drink bad coffee. Not bad, per se, but only half caffeinated, which according to the old me is bad, as in my younger years I spent much of the morning riding the lightning of a black oily brew so thick I could cut with a knife.  That dosage...

LaRee Bumgarner, Wahpeton’s Recreation Director for the past 19 years, is retiring. She will be doing what she loves and the envy of other grandparents as she will help raise daughter Lachelle and son-in-law Aaron’s children in Atlanta, Georgia.

While midsummer brings its share of weeds to front lawns and gardens requiring some time on the hands and knees cleaning things up, or at least a quick buzz of the tiller in a skillful weaving around those tomato plants, there’s other weed work that can be much more enjoyable.