Lifelong learning outside school shapes Decorah family
Erik Sessions 7 stays home with his mother and sister as parents advocate de schooling and community based learning. Luther College professor says schools overly rigid and stifle curiosity while Erik learns math, violin, weaving and biology through real life projects with local experts. The family argues learning should flow from daily life and community resources rather than formal classrooms.
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Decorah
Erik Sessions
Erik
Linda
Sarah
Robert
Linda Sessions
Sessions
Luther College
Duluth
Minn
Sessionses
Ulum
Laura Ingels Wilder
Obituary book preserves Keystone history with stark detail
Charlene Hansen finalizes a 488 page collection of Keystone Bulletin obituaries from 1912 to 1937. The compilation reveals era attitudes including vivid personal crises and self destruction cases, notably a 73 year old woman who hanged herself over a minor issue with interest coupons. The work joins local genealogy efforts by exposing past community concerns and lives.
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America
Alex Haley
Charlene Hansen
Kunta Kinte
Fiddler
Chicken George
Keystone
Times
Hansen
Elgin Grows as Young Residents Lead Local boom
Elgin Iowa, population 634, reports steady growth in housing and new businesses. Leo Lehman cites many under age 30 in business, with Swiss motif plans for development and a health care facility project adding two doctors by August. Five doctors, three lawyers, four veterinarians now serve the town.
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Elgin
Turkey River
Leo Lehman
Iowa
Lehman
John Falk
Chevrolet
Buick
Devel
Robert Good
M.T. Vincent
W.L. Butikofer
Henry Wolf
David Katsumes
Mark Erickson
Ernest Hilgeman
Missteps by Iowa officials spark renewed budget debate
In Des Moines a critical chance arises as state government faces a repeat misstep scenario. Stanley McCausland, director of general services, argues funding delays blocked prior success and could again derail plans, though proponents expect eventual approval.
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Des Moines
Stanley McCausland
General Services
Parking woes persist as new state buildings rise
The House Administration Committee heard warnings about parking at the Hoover Building where 1,200 workers will be housed. A 400-slot lot is proposed at $900 per space, raising costs to over 300,000 dollars. Existing plenty are full and complaints grow.
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McCausland
House Administration Committee
Hoover
Wallace
Capitol
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Tom Merryman
Geraldine Musser
R.A. Crider
New Valley
John Cunningham
Michael Dickmann
Kenneth Wulfekuhle
Chevrol
Roger Munns
Statehouse
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