Opinions
In February, Kringen’s Korner outlined legislative priorities for your local school district; this week’s edition will update readers on progress on these priorities or the lack thereof.
School Finance – It does not appear that there will be any new general education funding for schools this...
Letter to the Editor:
Millions of people’s lives are impacted by crime every year. April 10-16, 2016 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week – a time to celebrate progress, raise awareness of victims’ rights and services, and stand with our families, neighbors, friends and colleagues whose lives...
This week’s edition of Kringen’s Korner will discuss the class size decision that your local school district has been deliberating and that will be on the agenda for the April 18, 2016 meeting of your local school board.
This decision is a classic example of the Solomon-like decisions faced by...
Dear Neighbors,
It’s a great time of year in our area. It’s already April, and every day seems to feel more like spring. Our spring sports are starting soon, and I’d like to wish all of our local teams good luck as they begin their season!
Bills In Committee
Being a lawmaker isn’t about creating...
The March 27, 2016 edition of the USA Today College had an interesting article entitled the “The 50 degrees that are most likely to land you a job in 2016” that I found not only interesting but also insightful as we consider elective offerings for the school district in the next few years.
The top...
Letter to the Editor:
A few weeks ago, on one of those glorious warm weekends in March, I put on a baseball cap and took a long stroll through town. From my quiet nest of townhouses behind the hospital I walked westward, looping alongside Highway 287, past the golf course piled high with melting...
This week’s column will update readers on the status of the Deferred Maintenance Project that will be entering “Phase II” of the project this summer; bids were opened earlier this month and the School Board acted on the bids at the March 21st meeting.
Bid Results and Action
1. Gym Floor...
This week’s column will look at current and future enrollment of the LPGE School District; enrollment numbers are critical to all schools for educational and financial planning purposes.
Projected enrollments are created by using a combination of hard data such as current enrollment and census...
Having been on Gull Lake since 1973, I share the opinion with the many area residents who do not want another invasive species – muskies – introduced into the lake.
The DNR is considering stocking muskies in a number of Minnesota lakes and the Gull Chain of Lakes is on its list of candidates....
Neighbors,
I believe I could write this week’s update about the weather and leave everyone feeling joyful. I am sure I will hear rakes and leaf blowers this weekend as people start to clean up the yards. I did notice the ice coming off lakes this week on my way home from St. Paul, and the...
