Julia Yoder News Today

Editor’s Note: Gloria’s 11-year-old daughter, Julia, wrote the column this week. Gloria will return next week.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, but the Brookings Colorectal Cancer Awareness Program is working throughout the spring to help local residents learn more about risk factors and prevention. BCCAP is a project launched in 2021 and led by public relations and advertising students from the South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism....

Gloria Yoder The Amish Cook: Flying made it the best 100th Day

Glorias daughter Julia tells us how her teachers marked the 100th day of school with a very special "trip." Plus she has a bar cookie recipe.

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. The high-stakes promotion req...

Even with grim news, active cases continue to fall

View Comments The number of South Dakota residents receiving an initial dose of a COVID-19 vaccination has slowed dramatically in recent weeks, prompting medical experts and community leaders to turn to personal conversations to battle misinformation around getting a shot. Just over 4,000 people statewide received their first shot last week, according to the Department of Health — a big drop-off from the end of March, when the state recorded a high mark of over 26,000 people receiving their f...

Clinics for kids, ban on pens, changes to benefits: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to tak...