Newsletter-Late-Week

Lund’s Pioneer PBS pipestone carving special premieres March 27

Lower Sioux’s Cansayapi Cultural Department is putting together a special showing for the premiere of Lower Sioux Indian Community (LSIC) member Alex Lund’s Pioneer PBS episode on pipestone carving which airs Thursday, March 27. Hosted at Lower Sioux’s Cultural Incubator, Cansayapi Wicoicage Oti, a social hour will begin at 6 p.m. before the episode premieres at 7 p.m.

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New PCLS van provides delivery services to 26 libraries and 13 school locations

The Plum Creek Library System’s courier van, dubbed DAISY (Delivery Service All Inclusive Serving You), has traveled its last route across the system territory and has been retired. The cargo van logged nearly 200,000 miles and, in 2021, replaced the former delivery vehicle that had provided 450,000 miles of road service for several years.

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Sen. Dahms and Rep. Torkelson partner with childcare provider Maria Harms in reducing industry regulations

In an effort to advocate for change by eliminating some regulations around the childcare industry, Senator Gary Dahms and Representative Paul Torkelson authored a bill in partnership with Maria Harms, owner of Snug as a Bug Childcare in Redwood Falls, which was read to the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

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