by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Community, Home Page Slider
Coming To America Is Not Easy By Lee Po Cha, Executive Director Of IRCO My refugee journey began nearly 50 years ago, on a 20-day journey by foot, when I was 11 years old. In 1975 my family fled from Laos, my home country, to a refugee camp in Thailand. We stayed...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Arts, Home Page Slider
Local Playwright Mixes The Zombie Apocalypse And Lao Culture In This World Premiere By Lianna Matt McLernon Saint Paul playwright Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay poured what she loved into her Kung Fu Zombies universe: lore, Lao culture, humor, science fiction,...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 4, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Laos, 50 Years Later By Chris Phommasathit, CEO, Addison Wallace Inc. Board Member, Legacies of War It was a dark and eerily quiet boat ride under the cover of darkness when my mother, father, older brother and I escaped Laos in 1978 after the American Secret...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 29, 2023 | Business, Home Page Slider
Take Time Off This Summer, But Not From Your Finances Sponsored content from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Summer is here, bringing all the fun that comes with months of warm weather and hours of daylight. As you plan your summer season itinerary, however, you might...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 19, 2023 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Adventures at Interstate State Park By Deborah Locke, DNR Information Officer The thing about learning the past amid massive rock cliffs, green forest and a winding river is that it makes you feel miniscule. Maybe that’s a good thing. It’s like looking at an...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 19, 2023 | Health, Home Page Slider
Are We Out of the Woods With COVID? By Peter White, Article Courtesy Ethnic Media Services Omicron variants are killing 200-300 people a day but population immunity in the U.S. is higher and more stable than a year ago. The Chairman of the Department of Medicine...
