Purcellville residents both supporting and opposing the county’s proposed Rt. 7/Rt. 690 interchange project voiced their opinions at a nearly three-hour long information session hosted by the town on Jan.
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An 11-year-old Welsch pony named Flash was extremely popular with the kindergarten students during the Ag Day event.
Spring Ag Day returned to New Ulm Middle School Thursday. Students from Jefferson Elementary and the New Ulm Middle School were able to learn about livestock and farming implements from FFA students.
Kindergarten students were able to get up close with a two-month-old cow during Ag Day.
NEW ULM The Spring Ag Day returned to New Ulm Middle School Thursday with several animal exhibits and farm implements.
New Ulm Future Farmers of America (FFA) advisor Kelsey Brandt said the FFA students were excited to host the Ag Day this year. Last year the event had to be canceled due to the pandemic. Some additional precautions were taken this year. Students toured the show in class groups to prevent large gatherings but Ag Day was able to continue similarly to past events. Students from Jefferson Elementary toured Ag Day first, followed by the older cl
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Agriculture teacher Kelsey Brandt leads the New Ulm School Board through a tour of the future CTE building.
NEW ULM The District 88 School board took a tour of the former Windings building and future site of the District 88 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center, Thursday.
The future CTE Center is located at 208 N. Valley Street. The board held its work session meeting at the site to see the interior of the building and received an update on plans for the building.
The work session began with a walking tour of the building. District Agriculture teacher Kelsey Brandt led the tour along with High School Principal Mark Bergmann. The board was given maps of the facility with the remodel plans. Brandt and Bergmann gave a running tally of some of the changes that would be made to the building before it opened. Currently, much of the former manufacturing floor is open space. There are plans to partition off the various sections.