Otter Tail Obsidian.

THE OTTER TAIL OBSIDIAN | Yankee Heath Lore Y The Obsidian Deep Basin Protocol Frontier Tactics Midnight Run Metric: Terminal Late-Season Transition Protocol Deep Basin Mastery. Basin Basin Floor 13,000…

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The Prairie Manifesto

THE PRAIRIE MANIFESTO | Yankee Heath Lore Purple Roots Manifesto Lore Deep Basin Status: Active Coordinates: JBER, Alaska // Jan 2026 The StartingLight Taper. A Bloodline of Independence & The…

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Lake Unk’s Ice Walleye Fishing Tips

The 14.5-Foot Transition | Unk's Legacy The 14.5-Foot Transition "It wasn't the bait. It was what he left out of the bait." Most fishermen fish structure. Unk fished the invisible…

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The Pandemic Pack: A Visual Tale

Most people cope with a global pandemic by baking sourdough bread or learning a language they will never speak. I decided to fill my house with the highest-octane energy available…

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Operation DayQuil: The Whiteout Run

The Whiteout Run The prairie doesn't just blow wind; it screams. When you live on the edge of the great emptiness like we do in Fergus Falls, a sixty-mile-per-hour wind…

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The Sepsis Summer: A Minneapolis Exorcism

MINNEAPOLIS — There is a specific kind of arrogance that only exists in an 18-year-old male with a 3.9 GPA. It is a brittle, unearned confidence, the kind that assumes…

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Monday Morning Status: The Bunker Mentality

The horoscope dropped a warning shot with the tea this morning: “Keep a low profile. Any attention is suspect.” Honestly? I didn’t need the stars to tell me that twice.…

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The Immaculate Confection

The Odd Couple: A Tale of Two Terriers To understand the magnitude of this impending litter, you have to understand the parents. This is not a match made in a…

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The Driver’s License Standard: Surviving the Freeze on Lake Unknowing

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — The thermometer on the dash of the 2010 Toyota RAV4 read 10 degrees below zero before the wind chill was even calculated. Outside, on the frozen…

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The River Doesn’t Have a Manual

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — They called it a "Vitality Factor" of 46. I call it being unable to sit still in a cold room. A recent comprehensive analysis of my…

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