Elected officials in McLean County say the lawmaker shootings in Minnesota are frightening – and that they’ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.

Elected officials in McLean County say the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman" data-cms-ai="0">lawmaker shootings in Minnesota</a>&nbsp;are frightening &ndash; and that they&rsquo;ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.

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After Minnesota killings, elected officials in B-N say violent rhetoric here comes at a cost

The McLean County Board could decide to claw back more than $400,000 in budget overruns from County Clerk Kathy Michael's office. Last week, McLean County Board Executive Committee members took County Clerk Michael to task for going over her budget last fiscal year.

The McLean County Board could decide to claw back more than $400,000 in budget overruns from County Clerk Kathy Michael's office.&nbsp;Last week, McLean County Board Executive Committee members took County Clerk Michael to task for going over her budget last fiscal year.

McLean County could seek reimbursement from clerk's office for budget overruns

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There are many myths about the American west. There’s the myth of bringing order out of a savage wasteland. The myth of the noble Caucasian cowboy. The myth of rugged individualists who wrested a living from the earth without help from anyone else. And the myth of women without agency who deferred to men. All of these are wrong. Yet they are remarkably sticky in American cultural consciousness, according to historian Megan Kate Nelson, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist.

There are many myths about the American west. There&rsquo;s the myth of bringing order out of a savage wasteland. The myth of the noble Caucasian cowboy. The myth of rugged individualists who wrested a living from the earth without help from anyone else. And the myth of women without agency who deferred to men. All of these are wrong. Yet they are remarkably sticky in American cultural consciousness, according to historian Megan Kate Nelson, a former Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Historian to debunk myths of the American west in ISU talk

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You know the voices, and you know the stories. But behind every story on WGLT is a person who calls this community home just like you do.
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After Minnesota killings, elected officials in B-N say violent rhetoric here comes at a cost

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