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Student achievement stagnates, latest test scores show
Minnesota students’ math and reading scores remained disappointingly low in the 2023-2024 school year, according to data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Education. Fewer than half of tested students met state proficiency standards in reading and math, unchanged from the prior year. The data show that Minnesota students have not yet recovered from […]
National politics prevail at the Great Minnesota Get Together
Politicking at the Minnesota State Fair means glad-handing greasy palms, eating your weight in Minnesota commodities, and being ready to admire the tattoo of a likely voter when one presents her bicep showing a blue chicken. “People are very chatty,” said Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan after Ann Barrett of St. Paul showed off one of […]
With flannel, football and pheasants, Harris and Walz make a play for Trump territory
Expect to see more of Tim Walz this fall — in orange. Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, will be donning a bright vest while pheasant hunting. That’s when he isn’t wearing tacky flannels, talking about cleaning his gutters or singing, “Save big money at Menards.”
Behind the ribbon: State Fair weighs in newest record pumpkin
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Growing a record pumpkin isn’t for everyone, but Joe Morgan found out it is for him. He grew a pumpkin that weighed 1,808.5 pounds, obliterating the Minnesota State Fair’s old record of 1,676.5 pounds set in 2022. Morgan, who is a union insulator,...
Why Harris-Walz campaign won’t let Project 2025 go: ‘Screw the middle class’
Building upon the momentum of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) are hammering former President Donald Trump over his alleged ties to the conservative blueprint Project 2025 in the run-up to the Sept. 10 presidential debate. The Democratic ticket announced a new ad series Wednesday morning using funding […]
Storms down trees and cause damage in the northern valley
CROOKSTON, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Severe weather left behind flash flooding and damage in parts on the northern valley Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Valley News Team’s Shelby Ebertowski says heavy rain had the English Coulee on UND’s campus overflowing. A viewer in Crookston, Minnesota shared photos...
Sturgeon Lake public water access is first modernization project using new funding
Minnesota DNR celebrates upgrades to busy boat launch as part of statewide initiative. Public water accesses operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources need significant investment to make them accessible to all users, meet the needs of modern watercraft, improve protection of public waters from stormwater runoff and invasive species, and enhance climate resilience.
Welcome Weekend slideshow: Meet the Class of 2028
An increase of more than 23 percent in new freshmen — part of a 6 percent jump in overall student enrollment — keeps the momentum going at UND. They hail from 46 states and Washington, D.C., as well as from multiple military bases and six Canadian provinces. They include 11 National Merit scholars, or three more than enrolled as freshmen in the fall of 2023, and just over 23 percent more Presidential Scholars than were in the previous freshman class, which itself had 16.63% more Presidential Scholars than its predecessor.
North Dakota Mill reports record profit increase
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Mill and Elevator Association reported Tuesday record profits of $20.7 million for the 2024 fiscal year — a 20.6% increase from $17.2 million reported in 2023, according to a North Dakota Industrial Commission release. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota’s Mill is the...
Update: Biltmore Hotel, O’Kelly’s closing, building to be demolished
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo hotel and a neighboring bar & grill that’s been open for nearly 40 years will permanently close. The Biltmore Hotel & Suites and O’Kelly’s, at 3800 Main Ave. will close and the building will be razed. “As we reflect on the...
High School Football Results and More (Thursday August 29)
Football: Tech 38, Cambridge-Isanti 6 Rogers 20, Sartell-St. Stephen 0 Albany 14, New London-Spicer 7 (Boone Roemeling threw for 80 yards and for a pair of touchdown for Albany. Drew Lehner led the Huskies with 59 yards rushing). H...
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