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250 boxes of Thanksgiving food snatched up in hours

The giveaway was a collaborative effort put on by volunteers of the Barrel House, Walmart, Budget Blinds and Mariner Financial. ....

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School lunch debt back under microscope after COVID funding ends

One unexpected consequence of the pandemic was relief from school lunch bills. Now, lunch bills are back on the minds of parents, administrators, and of course hungry students. ....

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'He's one of the greats': New Glarus man gets national award for 35-year career in band world


Jan Swenson was just hired to teach band at a neighboring school in 1970 when she stopped by New Glarus High School to see its “spectacular” band.
She went to the school’s band room — a classroom with a capacity, she remembers from seeing on a sign, of 36.
“I’m standing there waiting for the kids to come in, and they come in, and they keep coming, and they keeping coming,” Swenson said.
Larry Daehn’s high school band included about 100 students. At the time, the school’s entire student population was about 150.
It turns out his students knew something the rest of the music world would only later come to appreciate. ....

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