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The Exchange 12.27.23: The Sioux City Community School District restructures after losing COVID money; A new look at the Alamo and the story of the Benders

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This week on The Exchange Siouxland Public Media's Bret Hayworth talks with the associate superintendent of the Sioux City Community School District Angela Bemus. Bemus explains how the district is restructuring after the end of federal COVID-19 funding.

Also, we hear a story about a long-ago crime family in Kansas known as the Benders. Historian Susan Jonusas has written a book about their crimes and subsequent disappearance entitled Hell's Half Acre.

Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonuses
Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonuses

And we talk with one of the co-authors of book that takes an alternative look at the story of the Alamo. Chris Thomlinson says Forget the Alamo goes beyond the traditional story of American heroism and conquest.

Forget the Alamo by Brian Burrough, Chris Thomlinson and Jason Stanford
Forget the Alamo by

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