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Hanska celebrates Fourth

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KIDDIE PARADE winners in the Hanska Fourth of July parade sponsored by American Legion Post No. 365 Wednesday were: Bikes-Trikes 1st -Jennifer and Jeff Smesma, clowns on bikes. 2nd - Anne Miller, patriotic bike. 3rd - Jana Johnson, Susan and Lisa Bjorneberg, grocery cart. Individuals-Groups 1st - Ursula, Gina and Heather Kehl, Hawaiian group. 2nd - Jana Larson and Nancy Smesmo, also Hawaiians. 3rd - Sara and John Overland, Raggety Ann and Andy. Floats-Wagons 1st - Nancy and Ken Olstad, Mary and Tommy Oss and Bruce Friesth, cart with horse. 2nd - Anne Kjelshus, Mark, Jon and ...

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Did you know that children whose parents read to them just five books a day will hear over 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten than children who are not read to each day? Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy member, Jessica Logan, says this research into the “million word gap” came from one of her earlier studies. In that study they found that almost one-fourth of children in a national sample were never read to and another fourth were seldom read to, perhaps only once or twice a week. “The fact that we had so many parents who ...

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As a child, summer was always the season of travel. We’d pile into our white station wagon named Penguin with a car topper strapped in place and set off to family reunions, national parks, family friends in far flung places, and many other interesting sites that were fun to explore and experience. When you’re a kid, there seems to be more to explore than the time to explore it! As an adult, you wonder where that energy went and find yourself constantly doing head counts. Tying it all together though, are the memories – some good, some bad, others funny, and a few sad. Many people ...

Historical Society explores cemetery

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Ten youths under the supervision of the Brown County Historical Society Tuesday probed the cemetery at the Brown County pioneer settlement of Iberia as one of many steps in the restoration of the cemetery. With probing rods and shovels the youths sought to find tombstones or markers covered by ...

Diego Luna talks filming ‘Andor’ final season and the prospects for Latino actors

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MEXICO CITY — Diego Luna has mixed emotions about the looming end of his Star Wars series “Andor.” “I am very excited filming, all the time I feel that we are approaching the end and, therefore, the process is lived with a certain melancholy,” the Mexican actor said in a recent interview by video call during a break in shoots in Great Britain for the acclaimed series’ second season. Luna knew the series, about a Rebel spy introduced to fans in 2016’s “Rogue One,” was meant to last only two seasons. But he’s not looking forward to the end. “There is also an ...

News of New Ulm from 100 years ago

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50 AUTOS DRIVE TO SPRINGFIELD ———— New Ulm Sends Large Delegation to Farm Bureau Picnic in Spite of Steady Downpour ———— RAIN SPOILS PROGRAM MEET IN OPERA HOUSE ———— Orpheus Band of Springfield and Pioneer Band of New Uim Render Indoor Concerts. ———— Some 50 autos left New Ulm shortly before 1 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, for the trip to Springfield to attend the Brown County Farm bureau picnic. Although rain-laden clouds were already gathering and it looked rather threatening, the local delegation was determined to make the journey - ...