Wisconsin district investigates boys’ apparent Nazi salute
BARABOO, Wis. — A Wisconsin school district is investigating a photo of a group of high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute. Baraboo Superintendent Lori Mueller says she became aware of...
View Article95-year-old Navy pilot shares WWII stories with Woodbury eighth graders
Lt. A. William Amundson Jr. has stared down Hitler, killer thunderstorms and Japanese fighter pilots. On Monday he stared down a different challenge — 450 boisterous eighth-graders at Lake Middle...
View ArticlePhotographer says Wisconsin boys were waving, not making Nazi salute
MILWAUKEE — The parent who took a photo of Wisconsin high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute on the steps of a local courthouse said Tuesday he was simply asking the teens to wave...
View Article$12.7 million addition won’t block St. Thomas’ chapel. It will jut out below it.
The University of St. Thomas is building an underground faith center designed to look like a lighted glass pedestal for its Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. The $12.7 million addition will wrap around the...
View ArticleSt. Paul teacher suspended after boy, 5, found nearly a mile from school last...
A St. Paul teacher has accepted a five-day unpaid suspension after a kindergartener left her class in May and walked nearly a mile away from Como Elementary. A neighbor found the child alone,...
View ArticleDeVos proposes overhaul to campus sexual misconduct rules, adding protections...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday proposed a major overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints, adding protections for students accused of assault and...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools settles lawsuit with $12,500 payment, broad changes...
St. Paul Public Schools will take several steps to improve instruction and support for high school English language learners to resolve a class-action lawsuit. The district also agreed to pay $12,500...
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St. Thomas student’s asthma caused her death, autopsy says
An autopsy determined a University of St. Thomas student who was found dead in her dorm room in October had asthma, which caused respiratory distress and sudden death, according to the Ramsey County...
View ArticleFive women among nine candidates interviewed for UMN presidency
The committee tasked with recommending finalists for the next University of Minnesota president has identified a small number for further vetting. The group said Friday it had interviewed nine...
View ArticleSt. Thomas is building 2 new dorms with parking below — and requiring...
The University of St. Thomas will spend $85 million on two new dorms and will ask nearly all first- and second-year students to help fill them. A new, two-year residency mandate could go into effect as...
View ArticleClasses canceled when caller warns of shooting planned at South St. Paul...
The South St. Paul school district called off classes Wednesday after someone called police to warn that a shooting was planned at a district elementary school. In a phone call to police around 4:30...
View ArticleStillwater monitoring teacher/ex-coach, suspended for reporting to work...
A former Stillwater Area High School gymnastics coach was suspended without pay for 30 workdays earlier this year after she showed up to work smelling of alcohol. Traci Swenson, who teaches English at...
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New Woodbury school isn’t big enough, so Stillwater district may expand it
Girls ride their bikes outside the new Brookview Elementary School in Woodbury during a back-to-school open house on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Brookview began the school year Aug. 28 with 430 students....
View ArticleExpelled student sues St. Olaf College, after accusations of sexual misconduct
A former student at St. Olaf College in Northfield is fighting both criminal charges and his expulsion from school for alleged sexual contact with an intoxicated classmate. Dilip Rao, 19, of...
View ArticleNJ school blocks Chick-fil-A as dining option, cites values
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Students at a private university in New Jersey can eat more chicken as long as it’s not Chick-fil-A. Rider University removed the restaurant from a survey asking students...
View ArticleStudent raped on study abroad in Cuba gets $137,500 settlement from UMN
A University of Minnesota undergraduate studying in Cuba in 2014 said she was raped by a local interpreter who offered to help with her research. The U last year agreed to pay $137,500 to settle a...
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UW president reprimands La Crosse chancellor over porn star’s speaking invite
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System’s president reprimanded the La Crosse campus’ chancellor for inviting porn star Nina Hartley to speak on campus, questioning his judgment and warning...
View ArticleHockey transfer wins eligibility after reporting bullying by Hill-Murray...
A high school senior who transferred from Hill-Murray after years of being bullied had his varsity hockey eligibility reinstated this week, hours after filing a lawsuit against his old school and the...
View ArticleApplication deadline extended for four seats on UMN Board of Regents
The deadline to apply for a seat on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has been extended by one week, to Dec. 7. Four positions are coming open next year: one from the 5th Congressional...
View ArticleStillwater board agrees to expand newest elementary school, in Woodbury
For Stillwater school board members one thing is clear — they’re going to need more classroom space in the quickly growing southern part of the district. What’s not so clear is exactly when and where...
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