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Tue, 04/20/2021 - 2:45pm Riley School. (Photo courtesy Stewardship Education Alliance) Children’s House Montessori School. (Photo courtesy Stewardship Education Alliance) PeoplePlace. (Photo courtesy Stewardship Education Alliance) CAMDEN — Four area school teachers will be getting their feet wet this summer as a result of educational grants awarded by the Stewardship Education Alliance (S.E.A.), a year-old nonprofit working to increase community awareness of and efforts toward be...

Educators and historians want politics kept out of new history and civics initiative In the months since Noem announced her civics and history proposal, the volatility of proposing a new statewide initiative was made clear as criticism arose on several fronts. Written By: Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch | 2:51 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 × The burial of Native Americans killed by U.S. troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1890 is one of the events that some state historia...

Educators, historians and some elected officials are urging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the state Department of Education to keep politics and personal bias out of the process to develop a new and enhanced civics and history education program for public K-12 schools across the state. In her State of the State speech in January, the governor proposed one-time funding to enhance and expand teaching of civics and history in public schools, and the state Legislature approved her $900,000 requ...

Feb 26, 2021 NEW ULM — The New Ulm Planning Commission selected Upper Cottonwood, Pollinator Park, Maplewood and Lakeside Village as the top locations to develop neighborhood parks. Over the last few months, New Ulm has been reviewing existing and proposed parks for development. The Park and Recreation Commission took the lead on creating a ranking system to identify the most appropriate location for the next park. The Planning Commission has also participated in the review process. Last mon...

cschuldt@nujournal.com NEW ULM — The Planning Commission joined the conversation about where New Ulm’s next neighborhood park will be located. The Park and Recreation Commission is currently reviewing existing and proposed park areas within the community and establishing a ranking system for future park acquisition and development efforts. This process is intended to identify the area in greatest need of a neighborhood park. Park and Recreation Director Tom Schmitz has indicated that a neig...

well, here it is, eight, nine months later we spent a great deal of the stimulus money, and instead of creating 3.5 million new jobs, we have lost three million jobs. thats a 6 1/2 million job swing. yesterday dr. christina roemer, the chairman of the presidents council of economic advisors, said that the economic stimulus package, $1 trillion, remember we are $1.4 trillion in the hole this year, but the stimulus package of $1 trillion wasnt going to work anymore for the next several m...