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On the urging of a Backroads Newsroom reader, I have added a “Comments section” tab to the top of this blog. On that page, readers are encouraged to post a comment about something they would like to discuss on this blog.
Part of the goal of this blog is to allow user led conversation on whatever [...]
The Jewell school district was set to close last year so voters had the opportunity to consolidate with a neighboring district. There was a vote to determine whether or not the district would consolidate with the neighboring “Rock Hills” district, which is the Mankato and White Rock consolidated district. The catch was that the vote [...]
Here are a couple videos from today’s Pony Express Festival.
The first is the popular mochila exchange, which is a re-enactment of what the Pony Express riders would have done back in the late 1800s.
The second is video of Vanan Shamburg, of Portis, Kans., plowing behind two Belgian horses. Pretty cool.
You might have to pause the [...]
There has been a lot of media coverage lately on the new book “Our Boys” about the Smith Center football team. It sounds like a fascinating book and I do intend to buy it and read it soon.
The day it was released, I did happen to see it at Waldenbooks in Manhattan. With my two [...]
I hate exercising in general, unfortunately. But I’ve decided to participate in the Palmer 5K Fun Run/Walk, purely because I want one of the t-shirts. Jennifer designed them again this year and I like it enough I decided to break down and do it.
I have no intent on running though. I will walk and walk [...]
I assume the flags are being flown at half mast today for the late Senator Ed Kennedy.
I think we fly the flags at half mast too often. Half the time, I don’t even know who we are honoring if I see flags at half mast.
And I’d say this whether it was a long-time Democratic politician [...]
Well folks, I’m probably going to kick myself for taking on this extra responsibility, but as I move toward making the Washington County News into the ultimate news and information portal for Washington County I have decided to offer a new service.
Check on the Local Government Minutes site that has now been created at http://govminutes.wordpress.com/
This [...]
If you have a hummingbird feeder sitting in a closet somewhere, put it out. Hummingbirds are coming through on their fall migration and you should be able to get some to come to your feeder for the next month to month and a half.
You don’t have to buy hummingbird mix. Just make a cocktail of [...]
I’m doing a story this week on the first day headcounts for the local school districts. I do an expanded report after the official Sept. 20 count – the count that determines state funding.
From the initial count though, (and these do tend to add or drop one or two before Sept. 20) the overall county [...]
There were about 18 people and maybe 4-5 communities represented at the PRIDE program informational meeting last night.
It sounds like Washington will have a PRIDE organization for sure, and possibly one or two others. There were individuals present from Washington, Hanover, Clifton and Clyde and then a handful of us folks who live in the [...]
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