Opinions
We enter the final month of the school year and continue to adjust to the “new normal”. This week’s column will update readers on what is happening in your local school district.
Your local school district is doing their best to make decisions about programs and events in a time of great...
A couple of weeks ago the obese dictator of the people of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, disappeared from site. A North Korean defector and member of the South Korean parliament says he’s 99% certain that the thirty-six year old dictator is dead from a botched heart surgery, according to the wire...
Governor Walz has issued an Executive Order that extends distance learning for the rest of the school year (May 29th for LPGE); this week’s column will review how this impacts various aspects of your local school district.
Distance Learning – Our distance learning program will continue through May...
To the Editor:
I'm writing to express my appreciation to Debra Bellman for the well researched information in her 4/15/20 Letter to the Editor.
Several people, in or from this community, including me, send in letters based on our opinions but this is the stuff we should use to determine a course...
To the Editor:
On April 15th former Long Prairie Legion baseball coach and teacher in the 1970's, Jim Pettersen, passed away. Coach Pettersen, who served as an assistant coach and later as head coach at North Dakota State University was an avid supporter of baseball until his untimely death...
To the Editor:
Let’s be honest, sex is not a comfortable conversation for many, and when you add the word violence to it, it becomes even more uncomfortable.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and over the years, we have had many different themes for our conversations about sex and sexual...
Last week’s column had a serious typographical/editorial error and this writer is embarrassed by the error and apologizes to my readers. The opening line to last week’s column should have read “The Governor has NOT decided on the reopening of school buildings for the rest of the school year.”...
Some of us older folks recall George Bush Jr. gleefully shouting “I’m the Decider” back in April 2006. We all heard that and thought it was pretty horrid. Then we remembered that Shrub, we called him Shrub because his Daddy was the big Bush, was immature and a few bricks short of a load. We didn’t...
The closure of our school buildings and the shift to distance learning has raised questions about future events and activities in your local school district. This week’s column while not providing specific answers will review the process that we are following and some of the questions that we will...
To the Editor:
I know what a difficult time this has been for everyone. With either not being able to work, or you are having to work less hours. This time is so stressful for all. The children are not able to go to school and see their friends and the elders are not able to visit with family....
