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WEBSep 13, 2024 · Profile: ‘The Rural Educator’ Highlights the Need for Increased Support in and for Rural Schools. An academic journal from the National Rural Education Association publishes research aimed at solving some of the most pressing and unique problems faced by rural schools. by Lane Wendell Fischer August 30, 2024. Education.
These Four Rural Towns Are Using Creative Placemaking to Thrive
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Fergus Falls, MN, population 13,450. Springboard has developed a four-part framework for implementing creative people power in communities. It goes like this: First, support artists to make a living. Second, have artists at the table, especially in community engagement. Third, make hubs and homes for creativity.
Woodrow Derenberger and the Legend of Indrid Cold - The Daily …
WEBDec 3, 2021 · An unsettling encounter on a road in rural West Virginia was a beginning of a rural legend and a personal tragedy for the man involved. by Liz Carey December 3, 2021. Things always seem mysterious on chilly fall nights in the country. For Woodrow Derenberger, his mysterious encounter with an almost human grinning man on the backroads of West ...
Across the Country, Amish Populations Are on the Rise
WEBApr 10, 2024 · Since 2000, settlements have popped up in six new states: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming. In addition to these new states, Minnesota’s Amish population has increased by 230% in the last 20 years. In New York, it has more than quadrupled since 2000, growing from …
Revisiting the Van Meter Visitor, as Its Festival Takes Shape - Daily ...
WEBAug 6, 2021 · Called the Van Meter Visitor, the pterodactyl-looking creature first appeared in the small rural town in 1903, according to legend. Over the course of five nights in September and October that year, several of Van Meter’s most upstanding citizens reported seeing a half-human, half-animal creature with enormous bat wings fly above the city.
Local Lore: Kentucky Cryptid Researcher Wonders if Mysterious ...
WEBDec 17, 2021 · Could large mounds in southeastern Kentucky be the graves of dead Bigfoot monsters? That’s what Thomas Marcum, the founder of The Crypto Crew, a cryptozoology and paranormal research group based in Kentucky, and the author of “Understanding Bigfoot: Helpful Information and Answers to Common Questions”, wants to know.
New Round of Federal Grants Will Inject Billions into Rural …
WEBJun 11, 2024 · A new round of grants from the federal government will pay out $78 million across 12 states and 13 Tribal nations, hoping to reduce energy bills for rural people and create new renewable energy projects, the Biden administration announced.
Review: ‘Storm Lake’ Documentary Shows the Power, Passion, and ...
WEBNov 12, 2021 · Storm Lake, a 2021 film directed by Jerry Risius and Beth Levison, is, at once, about “a newspaper, a family, and a community”—each of which is inseparable from the rest. The documentary offers an extensive and intimate look into The Storm Lake Times—the Pulitzer Prize-winning local newspaper in the small agricultural and meatpacking community of Storm Lake, Iowa.
Out of Print but Not Out of News: Canadian Record’s Impact Lives …
WEBMay 6, 2024 · For more than 30 years, Laurie Ezzell Brown has stepped into her office at the Canadian (Texas) Record to let her community know the news.. Her story, and the story of the 130-year-old paper she took over after her father’s death, are the subject of a documentary set to appear on PBS today (May 6, 2024) via broadcast and streaming. “For the Record,” a film by Heather Courtney about the ...
Beau of the Fifth Column Talks Media, Democracy, and Small …
WEBMay 20, 2022 · You’re there for his voice. Beau of the Fifth Column was our latest guest on Everywhere Radio. For this episode, Beau spoke with Xandr Brown, multimedia producer at the Daily Yonder. A portion of the conversation first aired as part of the Rural Assembly Everywhere virtual festival that took place on May 10 and 11, 2022.
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