The response to Operation Metro Surge showed there’s still a lot of decency in America

By: Chuck Johnson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 1,079

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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About a year ago I spent an afternoon in a small cemetery on a rural road in north central Wisconsin. I had the cemetery to myself for a few hours as I worked to clear away the out-of-control daylilies that had obscured my grandparents’ headstone.

The Summit Township Cemetery is full of my mom’s family — the Simon clan that once dominated the farms in this rural stretch of northern Langlade County.

My …

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