In spite of all that's happened this year, the year has passed by rather quickly, especially in the newspaper world. Here for example we publish two fairly large editions during the holiday season and sometimes there is an early deadline for one or both of them. But since the holidays came on a Friday and our newspapers go to the printer on a Tuesday and hopefully in the mail on Wednesday to the local customers, our deadline weren't affected and we still have had the normal time to publish both editions.

We hope that's true unless the winter weather advisory on Tuesday evolved into a larger than expected storm in our area and all along Highway 12 to Ortonville, where we still get the papers printed.

And all offices can experience a busy time in their final week of the business year, especially the ones that don't start their business year on July 1.

But you still might have some time to think about New Year’s Resolutions, especially with the virus still around. As they always advise, stay safe over the New Year’s weekend. And that is especially true this year.