Where to direct school complaints

December 26, 2023

Dear Heloise: Classroom teachers do not make decisions about the curriculum. People should channel all their classroom complaints to: 1. Legislators, who think they know all about education. 2. School boards, who don’t trust the professionalism of teachers. 3. Building principals, who are pressured to focus on test scores. They should also encourage parents to work in respectful partnership with their children’s teachers. -- Lisa Nunlist, Retired Middle School Teacher of 40 Years in Three States SOCIAL PROTOCOL Dear Heloise: When one is invited to dinner at another’s ...

Lightning changes

December 12, 2023

The lightning bolt that shot from the sky more than four decades ago was a signal that everything was about to change. I was a young dairyman, struggling to scratch out a living on the rundown farm I had leased a few miles south of Brookings. I was doing chores with my Farmall “M” one summer morning when I espied a glowering thunderhead a few miles north. An incandescent blue spark flickered from cloud to ground. Moments later, I felt the thunderclap deep in my chest. “Somebody’s having a bad day,” I thought. The lightning struck an aging house that had been converted ...

Drive started for brick carvings

December 9, 2023

the erection of the brick carvings on New Ulm’s historical trail has been initiated by New Ulm Business Districts, sponsor of the project. Historical trail co-chairmen Richard Heymann and Clara Schonlau said that approximately $8,000 will be needed to complete the project which depicts the ...

Linda S. Parish

December 7, 2023

SEAFORTH—Linda S. Parish, age 73, of Seaforth, MN, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023 at CentraCare Health – Redwood Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 8, 2023 from Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls, MN, with burial at a later date. A visitation will be held on Friday, December 8, 2023, from 9 until 10 a.m. at Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home. The Nelson-Hillestad Funeral and Cremation Service of Redwood Falls and Morgan are in charge of the arrangements. E-mail condolences may be sent via www.nelson-hillestad.com. Blessed be her ...

PUBLIC NOTICE

December 5, 2023

PUBLISH (December 5, 12, 2023) change of meeting notice Bernadotte Township notice is hereby given, until further notice all monthly meetings will be held at 1pm the 2nd Tuesday of each month. all meetings are held at clerk’s residence, 38890 521st avenue. Michael Webster town clerk

Hectic holidays approach

October 26, 2023

Dear Annie: As the holiday season approaches, I am facing a dilemma and I wonder if you have any ideas. My husband and I each have adult children from previous relationships, none together. My parents will not host any holiday gatherings at their home. If we want to have a gathering, we must invite them to our house. My husband’s parents prefer to host at their own home. So in the past, we have done two separate dinners for each holiday. Now that the children are adding spouses with another set of families, it’s getting a bit much. This year, we asked to have Thanksgiving at our ...