Articles

Judy Spooner Viewpoint: Spring cleaning that helps your neighbors

Park High School stages 'Once Upon a Mattress' for spring play

Musical is delightful for children of all ages

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Rodent problem raised in Cottage Grove chicken debate

City commissioners mull allowing fowl on urban, residential lots

Park High School remembers Rita Ruiz

More than 500 students and School District 833 staff members celebrated the life of Rita Ruiz Friday in the Park High School gym. They looked at many family pictures of her, cried, hugged each other and shared memories of the popular staff member who was a hall monitor and greeter for more than 13 years.

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Get sappy: Maple syrup hobby turns into small business for Cottage Grove man

Rod Hale sells maple syrup at local apple farms

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Judy Spooner Viewpoint: Talking to kids, controlling apps among ways to copy with cyberbullying

Parents attend meeting on cyberbullying

Cottage Grove girl gets turn in TV spotlight after submitting children's story

Fifth-grader's story gets aired

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Judy Spooner Viewpoint: Get a jump on spring with seeds in snowbank

Winter sowing easy

Taking the lead: District 833 students have role in parent-teacher conferences

Led by students, parent conferences build responsibility

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Peeps on parade: Cottage Grove students have fun with candy dioramas

Dioramas spark fifth-graders after long winter

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Columns

Judy Spooner: Making new friends in the ‘body wrap’ class

I attended a Community Education class last month about body wraps, hoping it would lead to a feature story with some interesting photographs.

Happy Turkey Day!

Abby Gonko, Crestview Elementary School second-grade teacher, is a very creative person.

Judy Spooner: An inside look at the White House tour

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were invited to tour the White House last week.

Meet my new heroes

If you played high school sports 10 years ago, you wouldn’t recognize the effort today’s top players make in preparing to play.

What if women played football?

Daughter Margie said women would never play football. “It’s a dumb game,” she said.

Cemeteries hold memories and reassurance

When I was in my 20s I dreaded funerals and going to cemeteries. As I grew older, and maybe wiser, I came to appreciate them as parts of American life.

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Meeting the in-laws during a heat wave

If you were asked to name the worst natural disaster that happened in the 20th Century, you might guess that it was a hurricane, tornado or blizzard.

Mistaken pronouncement of words, funny or irritating?

When you are in the business of writing for a living, hearing words or phrases that are mispronounced can be irritating. At other times, it’s humorous.

Yes Oltman students, the district recycles

During the past several weeks, the Bulletin received letters from students doing a service-learning project in a humanities class at Oltman Junior High School in St. Paul Park

What's in a name? Mostly it's Jacob and Emily

Since everyone born in the United States must have a Social Security number, the department keeps tab on how frequently names appear.