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When students return to school after a lengthy pandemic-induced absence, the consensus is they will have lost significant academic ground. Still unresolved for governments and educators are the questions of how — or even whether — teachers should try to make up for lost learning. Some have proposed holding evening or Saturday classes for students to catch up. A Maryland senator has proposed school year-round. In California, the governor has suggested the next school year could begin as soon as July. https://apnews.com/49...
Next fall, Jeffco students could choose to go to school part time and spend other days learning at home. Or they could choose to learn entirely from home, as outlined in a draft released Wednesday. School districts around the metro area are considering a hybrid approach to learning in the fall, as they deal with uncertainty about the ongoing threat from coronavirus. The Jeffco district is looking to get feedback that will inform its own plans and those of neighboring districts. https://co.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/13/21258118/jef...
People flocked to bars in Wisconsin on Wednesday night, after the state Supreme Court voided the state's "Safer at Home" orders. The ruling quickly triggered a jumble of policies in counties and cities, as officials set their own rules related to COVID-19. The court found that emergency orders issued by Gov. Tony Evers' administration were unlawful and unenforceable, prompting the Tavern League of Wisconsin, an industry group, to issue a statement encouraging all tavern and bar owners to open...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 14, 2020) – The Front Line Foundation announced today a partnership with the Outdoor Association for True Heroes (OATH, Inc.) for this year’s OATH Memorial Walk. Frontline Foundation Members Mike and Lora Strauss, both retired police officers in Minneapolis, are in the midst of a fundraiser that will see each bike 15 miles every day for 15 days during the month of May, adding up to about 450 miles. The couple is doing this to honor the 13 Minnesota First Responders who either died while serving their communities in the...
Grand Rapids, MN (May 14, 2020) – Highland Properties, LLC announced today it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire MNSTAR Technologies, a leader in providing electrical system solutions and high-quality manufactured wire harnesses. The impending purchase will enable MNSTAR Technologies to expand in both size and scope of its business. As part of the agreement, Highland Properties will immediately take over the day-to-day management of the business. Founded nearly 30 years ago in a Grand Rapids basement and garage, MNSTAR Technologies...
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (May 14, 2020) — All Twin Cities Hy-Vee locations will host a drive up “Donuts and Cookies for a Cause” event Friday, May 15 to celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and raise funds for the Second Harvest Heartland food bank. As many Minnesotans deal with the economic consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, local food banks like Second Harvest Heartland are filling a critical need in their communities. Hy-Vee will match the proceeds of this special event to help support Second Harvest Heartland in...
The escort will start right after the Graduation ceremony. The Red Lake Police, Ambulance, Fire Dept., Red Lake Schools buses will provide the escort for the graduates. The Graduates will be following behind the vehicles. The planned route is to depart from the Red Lake Secondary Complex, pass the Trading Post, Red Lake Police/Fire department, and then go around the Mission school corner, turn at BOT towards the Red Lake Elementary school, go down past the RL DNR and return to the Red Lake...
In late April, Native American tribal governments won their litigation against the Treasury Department for CARES Act funds designated to them by Congress. A Washington DC judge ruled in their favor but only for 60 percent of the $8 billion to fight the pandemic in Indian Country, while the remaining $3.2 billion continues to be withheld by the Treasury. The legal fight is a painful testament of Native American nations’ uneven historical fight for their survival against the US government. It is also a sign of unprecedented coordinated efforts...
A member of a council created by the federal government to provide procurement advice during the COVID-19 pandemic stepped down late Wednesday evening over her ties to a company that landed a contract with Indigenous Services Canada to provide temporary medical facilities to a northern Manitoba First Nation. Cathy Bennett, a former provincial Liberal cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador, resigned from her position on the 17-member COVID-19 Supply Council after NDP MP Niki Ashton raised questions over her position as board chair of...
PICURIS PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) - On a dusty plaza in a Native American village that dates back nearly a millennium, a steady trickle of vehicles inched through a pop-up coronavirus testing site. From the bed of a pickup truck and backseats of cars, wide-eyed children stared from behind hand-sewn masks and then sobbed as testing crews in hospital gowns swabbed their noses. The workers packed the samples into a plastic travel cooler for a return trip past the tribe's guarded roadblock to a state lab....