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Budget bills continued to arrive for debate on the House floor this week, and I am hopeful those few that remain outstanding will receive approval early next week. The Senate is going through a …
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By State Representative Tom Dippel
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5/14/25
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I don’t know how it happened, but somewhere in the last couple months, I turned into an old man. Winter, I believe, aged me. I feel like I went into it with at least a little vim and vigor. …
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By John McLoone
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5/13/25
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To the editor, The Hastings Prescott Arts Council (HPAC) would like to thank the Power of 100 Women for their $18,700 award to our organization at the Power of 100 Women bi-annual meeting at the …
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5/9/25
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By the time this hits print, there could be a new pope. It’s unlikely that the 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine chapel will arrive at a choice that quickly, but stranger things have …
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By John McLoone
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5/7/25
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To the editor: It is time to sound the alarm! Too many of our fellow citizens are apathetic or unconcerned about what is happening in our nation and around the world at the behest of the Trump …
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5/3/25
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It is Monday morning with a day planned to finish the five remaining sports stories before the 5:00 p.m. deadline and a text comes in. “Is the water on at Vets yet?” then another …
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By Bruce Karnick
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5/2/25
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To the editor: What the hell is wrong with America? No one can’t argue that the current administration has been very chaotic. A country run on executive orders, many which are likely …
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4/25/25
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The older I get the cooler I get. I’m not talking about cool, like I was in high school, with my hair feathered back and collar up. I’m talking about temperature. At some point in life, I …
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By John McLoone
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4/24/25
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By John McLoone
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4/21/25
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I am the go-to guy for many of my friends and family when it comes to computer help. I can build PCs from scratch. I can solve many software problems, I just know technology and more importantly, …
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By Bruce Karnick
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4/17/25
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Board Member Appointment Process Thank you once again to all the community members who expressed interest in serving in this important interim role. The Board has selected Elaine Mikel-Mulder to …
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By Dr. Tamara Champa
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4/17/25
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To the editor: I was thoroughly disgusted with the article in last week's Hastings Journal regarding the sunsetting of ISD200's Policy 100. Graham Johnson continues to show he is not qualified to be …
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4/9/25
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To the editor: Hastings School District was why our family chose to build here and raise our children, all graduating from ISD200 and are productive adults. Their excellent education sufficiently …
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4/9/25
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To the editor: On March 26, the school board voted to sunset DEI policy 100 and replace it with the district strategic plan. The community was roughly divided in half, with some supporting sunsetting …
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4/9/25
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To the editor: I want to express our appreciation for our school board members who are making logical, practical decisions that prioritize student success. Their recent vote to remove Policy 100 …
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4/9/25
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Board Member Appointment Process Thank you to all community members who expressed interest in serving in this important temporary role and to the 7 selected candidates for participating in the …
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By Dr. Tamara Champa
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4/9/25
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I thought you were supposed to get wiser as you get older.
I think I’m getting dumber by the decade.
For days last week, weather alerts were popping up on my mobile device alerting me …
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By John McLoone
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4/3/25
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To the editor: Many thanks to Carrie, Jessica, and Melissa for voting to sunset Policy 100 at last week’s schoolboard meeting. It took lots of intestinal fortitude for them to face a nearly …
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4/3/25
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I hope everyone had a great spring break and that your first week back went smoothly. It’s hard to believe we’re already down to the final 10 weeks of the school year. There’s still …
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By Dr. Tamara Champa
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4/3/25
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We were invited to the social event of the season Sunday. It was perhaps an event that shows the season of our lives at least. It wasn’t any St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Partaking in …
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By John McLoone
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3/20/25
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