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WAPS 8th Grade Makes Immediate Shift to Distance Learning


By TJ
Photo: Winona Area Public Schools
WINONA, Minn. (KWNO)-8th graders at the Winona Middle School have immediately shifted to distance learning. 
In a letter to district families, Winona Area Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Annette K. Freiheit says they’ve seen a sudden and sharp rise in students who need to quarantine. She said the shift to distance learning will last until May 3 at the earliest.  
Freiheit said the learning model shift is in effect for grade 8 only. She says athletics and activities will resume as normal, however, students identified as close contacts are being asked to quarantine.   ....

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After 33 years, Winona's Yong Nhia Lor works toward citizenship


Family fled Laos 1988. Citizenship lets my family know we are settled here, grateful man says.
6:00 am, Apr. 20, 2021
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Yong Nhia Lor, left, stands with his wife, Judy Xiong, on their back deck in Winona, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Lor, a refugee from Laos who has lived in the United States since 1988, plans to apply for his U.S. citizenship this year. (Brian Todd/[email protected])
EDITOR S NOTE: This is the first story in a series as the Post Bulletin follows the progress of Yong Nhia Lor as he works to become a U.S. citizen.
WINONA When Yong Nhia Lor arrived in the United States in 1988, he brought with him a small amount of money from his years as a soldier in Laos, and the six things that really mattered: his wife and then-five children. ....

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