Monday digest: recycling edition

We've seen a lot of today's news before, but since we're all supposed to be into recycling, we'll just dust off those stories and present them in their new packaging.

 Nebraskan Republican congressman Adrian Smith writes about the House rural Caucus's call for a White House Office of Rural Policy in Ag Day 2009 from the McCook Daily News. Walz is vice-chair of the caucus.

The Rochester Post Bulletin reports in Winona Historical Society exhibit earns National Endowment grant:

Within the oldest and finest buildings in this city are stories waiting to be told. The main characters are the spectacular mansions where lumber barons once lived, banks and churches designed by some of the most prominent architects of the 20th century and other notable buildings so far spared from the wrecking ball.

The Winona County Historical Society intends to share the stories of Winona's architectural wonders in a future exhibition titled, "Identities in Brick and Stone: Society and the Built Environment on the Mississippi."

First District Rep. Tim Walz recently announced the project was awarded a $39,177 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Our friend at LILOC disagrees with our observations on emotional health in the First and Sixth. We think we're going to cry.