Opinion
Last Monday, April 14, the New Prague School Board was formally briefed on enhancing building security at its three elementary schools and junior high school. The proposed cost? $5.1 million.
School security and building maintenance were discussed by a task force five times in February and March....
The latest threat to federal funding for Minnesota's public schools shows the biases of President Trump's administration, but isn't binding on Minnesota school districts.
Whatever the legal-sounding pretext for this illegal policy, the biases of this administration are clear to anyone who has...
April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month, and I’m writing today to celebrate someone who has spent the last four years supporting our students.As an AmeriCorps member with Math Corps, April Iverson has focused on providing Montgomery area students with extra practice and support to improve...
Thursday, April 3, the University of Minnesota announced it would be selling the naming rights of Williams Arena to possibly the highest bidder.
The building known as Williams Arena since the early1980s, affectionately known as “the Barn,” may soon be known as the Insert-Corporate-Entity-Name here...
It always takes time to build something new. An example of this is proposed new police station here in New Prague.
The New Prague City Council has been discussing the new building and whether or not to build it for the past two to three years. In covering those council meetings, there has been a...
Thomas E. Eisert
To the residents and property owners of the City of Montgomery. I’d like to take a moment to thank all of you that were able to attend at least one of the town hall sessions and/or reached out to city council, staff, or myself for additional information or feedback. Most sessions were well attended...
Scott County Commissioner David Beer of Prior Lake, the county board’s chairperson, stood at a podium Feb. 19 belittling the wisdom and inequity of Gov. Tim Walz’s plan to shift some human services costs to counties, a shift the commish said would likely to add to the county’s inevitable annual...
The Minnesota Legislature has effectively done what school boards across the state have seemingly been unwilling to do – require students put their cell phones on hold during class time.
Monday, Feb. 10, the New Prague School Board discussed a proposed policy requiring students not be allowed to...
Just when the Minnesota House of Representatives appears it cornered the market on the biggest circus since Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey went dark in 2017, the Minnesota Senate made a bid for your attention.
Last week, Jan. 27 to be exact, Sen. Bill Lieske, R-Lonsdale, announced he supported a...
We received an unexpected surprise Sunday evening – a letter to the editor from a person expressing on an opinion she feels is important.
These days, letters to the editor, especially the ones you don’t expect, are worth their weight in gold. It’s on the right side of the page, below the political...
