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  • Luverne Middle High School social studies teacher Sam Goldsmith (left) was a featured presenter at the National Council of Social Studies in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. She is pictured with Meghan Davisson (right) with the Minnesota Historical Society. Submitted Photo
    Luverne teacher goes to Washington, D.C.
    By Mavis Fodness
    January 07, 2026
    Luverne Middle-High School social studies teacher Sam Goldsmith was chosen to share one of her classroom lessons at the National Council for Social Studies in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. “I felt it was a great opportunity to share teaching strategies about the Dred and Harriet Scott case,” Goldsmith said. The Scott case is a standard lesson in classrooms across the U.S., and Goldsmith…
  • Getman laments passing of Congressman John Lewis
    July 21, 2020
    To the Editor: I greet you with lament from the nation’s capital. Many of you have read in my favorite weekly paper, or heard my messages in church, about our need as a country to treat each other with greater compassionate listening and love during these challenging times. COVID-19 and the events in Minneapolis serve to redouble our appeals to build bridges across all our fields of disagreement…
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