Josh LaFollette

6 days ago | southernminn.com | Josh LaFollette

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6 days ago | southernminn.com | Josh LaFollette

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1 week ago | southernminn.com | Josh LaFollette

Online learning isn’t going anywhere in the wake of the pandemic, but demand is shifting as younger learners increasingly return to traditional classrooms. kAmt=6>6?E2CJ 6?C@==>6?E 92D 564=:?65 2E ~H2E@??2 ~?=:?6 6G6? 2D @G6C2== 6?C@==>6?E 92D 8C@H? C2A:5=J D:?46 E96 z\`a =62C?:?8 A=2E7@C>’D =2F?49 :? a_a`] x? C6DA@?D6[ E96 5:DEC:4E :D 4@?G6CE:?8 E96 AC@8C2> E@ 2 c\`a >@56= ?6IE J62C] %96 6=6>6?E2CJ D:56 @7 E96 AC@8C2> H:== C6>2:?

1 week ago | southernminn.com | Josh LaFollette

Weighing competing concerns from various stakeholders, the Steele County Board of Commissioners was ultimately unable to resolve a dispute over a longstanding parking situation in Blooming Prairie. kAmu@C 564256D[ A6@A=6 92G6 A2C<65 @? 3@E9 D:56D @7 r$pw ce 5FC:?8 @FE5@@C 2E9=6E:4 6G6?ED 2E q=@@>:?8 !C2:C:6 w:89 $49@@=] rC:E:4D 4@?E6?5 E96 4FCC6?E A2C<:?8 D:EF2E:@? :D 2 D276EJ 92K2C5[ 2?5 DF886DE A2C<:?8 D9@F=5 36 32??65 @?

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Josh LaFollette

As specialists in local history, Nancy Vaillancourt and Anne Peterson have gotten all kinds of questions about the lore of Steele County. Some of these questions are simple to answer — when the county was founded, when orphanage was built and so on.