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Rebels baseball shows class in win over PCM
The Champlin Park Rebels baseball team got a key 8-0 home victory over their Brooklyn Park neighbors on Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates on April 30. Rebels baseball head coach Ryan Tohm said after the game that the Rebels have been looking to improve their execution at bat as the second half of the season looms close, feeling confident about their performances at the mound and in the field. “Our ultimate...
11th Elk River Fire Academy graduates another 16 recruits
Sixteen fire service recruits graduated from the Elk River Fire Academy in an April 24 ceremony at Zabee Theater inside Elk River High School. The firefighters from Albertville, Baldwin, Big Lake, Elk River and Zimmerman departments are members of the 11th graduating class. The recruits took part in an intensive five-month course, which includes both classroom and hands-on training to prepare the recruits for entry-level positions in their various fire...
Plymouth Quiz Bowl Team advances
The quiz bowl team from Plymouth Middle School is set to compete in a 160-team national competition. The National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Middle School National Championship Tournament will be underway Friday, May 10 in Rosemont, Illinois. Quiz bowl is a competitive, academic, interscholastic activity for teams of four students. Quiz bowl teams use buzzers to answer questions about science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports and popular culture. The matches feature a blend of individual competition and team collaboration, since no...
HS baseball: St. Peter’s completes unbeaten Island schedule with 3-2, walk-off win over Sea
St. Peter’s athletics has long been known for its storied basketball program and for good reason. The New Brighton school has dominated the Island scene for decades and also won the borough’s only CHSAA AA city championship in 1983. Over the years the football program has had its...
Maple Grove Rotary hosts ethics workshop for students
The Rotary Club of Maple Grove hosted an all-day Ethical Leadership for Life workshop on April 18, for the 49 top students from Osseo, Maple Grove and Park Center senior high schools. The college-level seminar had students simulating specific roles as board members for an international company seeking ethical solutions to real world problems in marketing, finance and political concerns. The day also included presentations by community businesses and academic...
AH Board will leave debates for policy, ends budget threat
The Anoka-Hennepin School Board talked through its issues with the school budget on April 23, with the district confirming the next day that the threat of a shutdown has passed. The discussion took place during a work session at the Anoka-Hennepin School district in Anoka, lasting five and a half hours and addressing points raised by Board Member Matt Audette in an April 12 Facebook post. Discussions focused around social-emotional learning; diversity, equity, and inclusion; school curriculum and how these all relate to the budget...
Robbinsdale schools shares budget cut proposal
Robbinsdale Area Schools’ General Fund is being reduced by $17.4 million due to declining enrollment, expiring COVID-19 grant money, increasing labor costs and daily expenses as well as state funding that has not kept pace with inflation. To stay within budget, Interim Superintendent Marti Voight recently presented the board with nearly $15 million in proposed budget cuts. Suggested cuts include the following: ...
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