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MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – Some Minnesota school districts are scrapping the traditional spring break in favor of some extended weekends. The Monticello School District is dropping the weeklong break in favor of a long weekend …
26 Jan 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The majority of school board members in Minnesota’s largest school district say they’re inclined to support a proposed alternative to a policy governing discussions of sexual orientation in the classroom. The Star …
26 Jan 12
BABBITT, Minn. (AP) – Police shot and wounded a man suspected of stabbing a toddler in northeastern Minnesota. St. Louis County sheriff’s officials say the man, armed with a knife, emerged from a home in …
26 Jan 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Legislators are leaving the Capitol to learn lessons on working together. State lawmakers are invited Wednesday to the all-day One Minnesota conference at the University of Minnesota. They’ll attend workshops …
26 Jan 12
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) – A Lakeville father accused of abandoning his 11-year-old son has been found guilty of child neglect. A jury in Dakota County deliberated just 30 minutes Wednesday before returning the guilty verdict …
26 Jan 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – A federal jury has convicted a Redby woman of trying to hide her boyfriend after a fatal shooting on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. The jury Tuesday convicted …
26 Jan 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The Duluth School Board wants to name its interim superintendent to the permanent position. The Duluth News Tribune reports the board voted 4-3 Tuesday to enter into negotiations with Bill Gronseth …
26 Jan 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A northwestern Minnesota shop that sells tobacco, pipes and other products is suing the city of Moorhead over the way police are enforcing a new ordinance outlawing drug paraphernalia. The store, called …
26 Jan 12
Listen for details coming soon on KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza! We’re going to give our listeners a chance to win a series of prizes over the Summer, June thru September. We can’t announce all the …
