Fountain
Fountain, MN · Education
winonapost.com
WAPS Board candidates talk AI, buses
From bussing, to using AI, and bringing in families, Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) Board candidates shared their perspectives on how they want to move the district forward during a League of Women Voters forum last week. Incumbents Nancy Denzer and Karl Sonneman are running unopposed for two at-large seats...
KIMT
MN law group targets Rochester, 15 other school districts over gender identity policies
MINNETONKA, Minn. — The Upper Midwest Law Center has asked the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to investigate 16 Minnesota public school districts over sexual identity policies the organization argues violate Title IX, the U.S. Constitution and federal executive orders. The Upper Midwest Law Center also...
SwimInfo
U.S. National Junior Team Standout Kai Joyner Verbally Commits to Cal for 2028
U.S. National Junior Team Standout Kai Joyner Verbally Commits to Cal for 2028. NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Berkeley has scored a big verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from U.S. National Junior Team member Kai Joyner of Rochester, Minn. Joyner is arguably the top recruit in this class, and he owns the fastest times among this group in the 200, 500, 1000 and 1650 free.
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16 Minnesota school districts, including Rochester Public Schools, face federal civil rights complaints over gender identity policies
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winonapost.com
Kiwanis donates to Ready Set School
A total of 50 backpacks were filled with school supplies at a recent Kiwanis Sunrisers club membership meeting. Items for the backpacks were purchased by the club. All backpacks were given to the Ready Set School organization of Winona County, represented at the meeting by Tory Todd and Jackie Stevens, to distribute to elementary school students in need to begin the 2026-2027 school year. Ready Set School is a nonprofit organization located in Winona which works to ensure that all eligible students have the basic and necessary supplies and clothing for school, public or private. Bob Hermann, chair of the Sunrisers club’s children’s services committee, coordinated this project with the Ready Set School representatives.
KIMT
Austin High's 4th year in direct admissions program opens doors
AUSTIN, Minn. — Austin High School seniors on track to graduate will learn Friday if they've been directly admitted to Minnesota colleges and universities. The school is participating in the Direct Admissions Minnesota program for the fourth year. The program notifies eligible students that multiple partner colleges are ready to welcome them based on their academic record and anticipated graduation date.
Owatonna People's Press
Owatonna Middle School students learn scuba diving in Waterworks class
Owatonna Middle School held its sixth annual “Waterworks” scuba class Friday in conjunction with the Owatonna Diving Club. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., roughly 20 students were given the unusual opportunity to put on 45 pounds of equipment and learn how to dive from certified divers. Amanda Flohrs began this initiative and is now in her 15th year in education as the health and physical education teacher at Owatonna Middle School. Flohrs said this opportunity began as a means of making use of OMS facilities but has turned into what for some could be a unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “When we became the middle school, we weren’t really utilizing the pool as much as we could have. So, I decided that we should do an elective swim class,” Flohrs said. “I created Waterworks in partnership with the Owatonna Diving Club and it’s just kind of evolved. It’s been really fun and how many middle schoolers can say that they learned about scuba diving in school? Waterworks for me is about offering an experience that they wouldn’t normally get.” However, Flohrs does hope that this opportunity could be a springboard for students in the future. “As we continue to go on,
cannonfallsbeacon.com
Cannon Falls football wins Little Brown Jug with blowout of K-W on the road
Cannon Falls Bomber football won the Little Brown Jug Friday night, Sept. 25, with a 43-20 road blowout of the Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights (0-4). The Bombers led 30-0 at halftime after scoring all 30 of those points in the second quarter and later by as much as 37 before K-W got on the board. Cannon Falls’ reserves saw plenty of playing time in the second half.
Fillmore County Journal
Rushford-Peterson School Board Thanked
September is School Board Recognition Month in Minnesota, and Rushford-Peterson Schools’ staff and students made a point to recognize their board at the regular board meeting September 21. The theme this year was “Minnesota School Boards Help Minnesota Kids Rise.”. Students created a poster thanking the board and...
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myradioworks.net
Trojans football makes it two in a row with late TD to knock off Albert Lea
The Worthington Trojans football team is now on a winning streak. Isaiah Schroeder and Hyrum Bates connected on a 26-yard touchdown pass with 1:33 remaining in the fourth quarter Friday as the visiting Trojans earned their second victory in a row, 19-13, over Albert Lea. WHS, which was winless in nearly two seasons until last week, is now 2-2 on the year.
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thecarletonian.com
Alison Byerly renames Cannon River “Carleton River”
In last week’s edition of Carleton Today, amidst announcements of grants-only financial aid policies and faculty retirements, Carleton College President Alison Byerly embarked on a small-text series of “strategic moves” that she said “everyone would be thrilled with.” The actions, aptly dubbed “the Carleton Plan,” would change the names of a variety of landmarks around Northfield and beyond. Among the two dozen proposed changes were renaming the Cannon River to the Carleton River, making Defeat of Jesse James Days (DJJD) into the Victory of Alison Byerly Days (VABD), turning Taco Bell into Chapel Bell and even renaming all of Northfield into North Bellfield.