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Families must opt-in for bus transportation for 2024-25 school year

As we begin to prepare for the 2024-25 school year Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools is introducing a process that will require parents and guardians to register for regular school bus transportation …

Artificial intelligence emerging trend in financial scams

Seeing is believing. Eyewitness testimony. Pics or it didn’t happen.   All these phrases point to our natural inclination to be skeptical of things that we don’t experience with …

Welcome

“Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them a space where change can take place,” said Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest and professor.   I’ve been learning more …

Nostalgia

The good old days. How many times do we think that or say it or hear someone else say it?   Nostalgia is defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically …

Annual review of payment eligibility

For Farm Service Agency to determine program applicants’ payment eligibility and establish the maximum payment limitation applicable, program applicants, who receive benefits, are required to …