school lunch

Whole grains, proteins, fruits and vegetables. Those always have been staples of a well-rounded meal, and the Mitchell School District is trying to make a point of that. Last week, the school district’s food service provider, Reinhart Foodservice, introduced a program that will...

"Lunch Hour" seeks to wake up viewers to the national epidemic of unhealthy eating and how the school lunch program is creating a new generation of overweight, diabetic and otherwise overfed and undernourished kids.

Kristi Noem on "Fox & Friends" Monday morning talking about her Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act.

We’ve criticized Kristi Noem in the past for being too extreme on some issues. Today we’re praising the Republican South Dakota congresswoman for striking a moderate tone on the topic of child nutrition. As anybody with schoolchildren knows, new federal school lunch standards...

After receiving input from South Dakota school administrators, parents and students, U.S. Sen.

We fondly remember the days of pizza, cheeseburgers and sticky macaroni-and-cheese at the school lunch counter. Who could have guessed that today we'd be happily reminiscing about the good-old days of school-lunch food? As noted in a Saturday report in The Daily Republic,...

The Mitchell School District is ahead of the curve with nutritious lunches, said Food Service Director Sean Moen, but new federal rules effective July 1 will require all school districts to bump up their nutritional game plans. In 1946-1947, its first year of operation, the National...

It's not dining on a dime, but it's pretty close. This summer, more and more families are finding the meal program at Longfellow Elementary may...