Opinion
Nursing strike avoided
Minnesota Nursing Association and a group of Minnesota’s larger hospitals, Essentia Health, Fairview, and Allina are three of the hospital involved with the possible agreement. Nurses at said hospitals were threatening to strike over wages and work environments.
Better Late Than Never, When Learning Gets Personal
Pandemic measures hit full force during the spring of 2020 with my classroom no longer an option and a small bedroom upstairs was transformed into an office from which to conduct Google Meet sessions. By no means did it match the effectiveness of teaching in person but we did our best.
City of Giving
St. James willingness to take time to give back was shown a lot last Thursday.
Letter to the Editor
The U.S. Postal Service has been hard at work preparing for the holiday season since January.
A Teacher Like No Other
For those that observe, last week was National Education Week and the official proclamation marking over a century of universal public education lasting twelve years for every student. The tradition takes place the week before Thanksgiving and schools and communities can choose different ways to observe and celebrate.
Fire Department and City of St. James
As a concerned citizen, I have been looking at the controversy between our Fire Department and the City of St. James. In reading the article, it seems one-sided, not very much from the members of the department.
Waiting list conundrum
Childcare, an amenity parents who work use almost every day in the United States. It’s one of the many things on new parents’ check list for their little one, this has changed though in the last two years.
What Veterans Day means
November 11 has been know by various different names depending on your age and who you grew up with. Today it is called Veterans Day, before 1954 it was called Armistice Day. Growing up my grandma would switch between the two names depending on who she was talking with. Now a little research had to be done to figure out what Armistice means. Armistice is a term used for an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time. Hope someone learned something new reading this.
Family history of service
If consecutive columns about Veterans Day is not your to your liking then this week is going to be a struggle. I am not going to apologize but it only seemed fair to give the warning.
Watonwan County Entertainment Association 2023-24
Last week the WCEA board invited me to their meeting. At this meeting the board reviewed the possible acts to bring to St.