MN State student association seeks 74% fee increase to better serve 2-year...
LeadMN, the statewide student association for Minnesota’s two-year public colleges, is asking for a 74 percent increase in student fees to double its staff and add new services. The proposal, which...
View ArticleFormer MN congressman Mark Kennedy out as U. of Colorado president with $1.3...
Mark Kennedy, a former University of North Dakota president and congressman from Minnesota, will be leaving his job as University of Colorado president on July 1, with a $1.3 million payout in hand....
View ArticleMN college savings plan offers $50 match for new 529 accounts
The Minnesota 529 College Savings Plan is offering a $50 incentive for opening a new account. Between May 24 and May 31, any U.S. resident who opens a 529 account at mnsaves.org with at least a $50...
View ArticleWhite House, GOP infrastructure talks hit crucial stage
By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial...
View ArticleAll Lakeville area schools and facilities closed Friday due to ‘active threat’
All Lakeville Area schools and facilities will be closed on Friday until further notice “due to an active threat” under investigation by the Lakeville Police Department, the school district announced...
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Kao Ly Ilean Her, Hmong leader and UMN regent, dies at 52
Hmong-American leader and University of Minnesota Board of Regent Kao Ly Ilean Her died Thursday at age 52. Her had a chronic lung condition and recently was exposed to the coronavirus, according to...
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BioMADE institute brings Defense dollars to U of M’s St. Paul campus
In a marriage of industry, academia and federal funding, Pittsburgh has doubled down on robotics research and manufacturing, helping Steel City live up to its nickname. San Antonio is tunneling into...
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Wisconsin Indianhead Community College will become Northwood Tech
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College will become Northwood Technical College effective Aug. 2, 2021. The college, located in west central and northwest Wisconsin, recently announced a new name, logo...
View ArticleChildren’s Museum visited by dinosaurs this summer
Dinosaurs are spending the summer at the Minnesota Children’s Museum in downtown St. Paul. “Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice” gives kids a chance to play paleontologist and dig for fossils or put on an...
View ArticleLots of colleges created scholarships in George Floyd’s name. They might be...
Scholarships created at several Minnesota universities in memory of George Floyd may violate federal anti-discrimination laws, according to a professor’s complaints. Mark Perry, a retired University of...
View ArticleBiden to GOP: ‘Don’t get in the way’ of infrastructure plan
By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday warned naysayers in Congress not to “get in the way” of his big infrastructure plans as the White House panned a...
View ArticleWalz puts up $75 million for summer school programs
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said he would use $75 million in federal COVID-19 aid coming to the state to fund summer school programming for Minnesota students. With just weeks before the end of the...
View ArticleUse of drones increases across Minnesota
The drone flies right up to Jack Postlewaite’s face, like a curious hummingbird. It weaves from side to side as if waving, then shoots around a race course, flipping and bobbing and apparently having a...
View ArticleCourt revives Gophers football player lawsuit, citing possible sex...
An appeals court panel has brought back to life a discrimination lawsuit filed by former University of Minnesota football players who were punished for an alleged 2016 gang rape. Three judges for the...
View ArticleOakdale school district ready for $275M series of school improvements
Tartan High School could soon get dramatically bigger, as it rides a wave of school improvements in Oakdale. The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District submitted expansion plans to the city...
View ArticleHenry Sibley name is out. Here are five options being considered to rename...
West St. Paul and Mendota Heights residents are being asked to choose among five options for the renaming of Henry Sibley High School. Residents of the Independent School District 197 have until 5 p.m....
View ArticleVideo: Deer crashes through MN school nurse’s window on last day of class,...
ROSEAU, Minn. — Just when it seemed as if the school year couldn’t get any weirder in a year dominated by the challenges of a pandemic, it did. Thursday morning, on the last day of school for students...
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Humboldt High School’s Class of 1946 meets for a final reunion
The 1946 Humboldt High School yearbook pictured 183 seniors, 10 of whom gathered Friday around two tables for lunch, cake and stories for their 75-year class reunion. Among the photographs inside the...
View ArticleAs more students fail during pandemic, MN schools look to protect GPAs, get...
With students struggling to learn from home during the coronavirus pandemic, many schools in Minnesota and elsewhere removed D’s and F’s from report cards in favor of pass-fail grades that don’t hurt...
View ArticleBurnsville school district continues exploring the future of underutilized...
A year and half since closing three schools, Burnsville school district officials continue to wade through questions surrounding the long-term future of district buildings. In April, the...
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