Willow River
Willow River, MN · Education
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School funding state ballot question addressed by ISD 110 board
Waconia school board members got a briefing at an Aug. 10 work session about a school related question that is on the ballot in the Nov. 3 election. The ballot question asks voters whether the Minnesota Constitution should be amended to increase funding to school districts from the Permanent School Fund without raising individual income or property taxes, effective July 1, 2027. The fund dates to Minnesota’s statehood in 1858, established to generate support for K-12 education. Revenue has been accumulating in that fund from roughly 2.5 million acres of designated school trust land through activities like timber sales, mining leases, land rentals and other interests. Those dollars have been invested through the State Board of Investment, growing from about $675 million in 2010 to more than $2.3 billion today; however, existing constitutional restrictions limit how much of the fund’s growth can be distributed to schools. This spring, the Minnesota Legislature approved a bipartisan bill to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would increase the fund distribution formula and annual payouts to public schools from roughly 2.5% to 4.5% of the fund’s rolling average market value. Proponents say the approach will increase annual distributions to schools, make
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New rules target state's reading gap
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School district curriculum frustrations
Classes begin in two weeks for the state’s two largest school districts, but time is running out for the Anoka-Hennepin district to implement a new social studies curriculum. FOX 9’s Soyoung Kim explains.
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Fake website calls out reality of ‘ghost student’ problem at Minnesota colleges
The threat of “ghost students” has become so prevalent at Minnesota’s largest community college that administrators now say nearly a third of all applications to the school are potentially fraudulent.
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Richardson, Hillmann speak in support of Permanent School Fund amendment
Minnesota voters will decide on a constitutional amendment in the November 2026 general election that would modernize how money is distributed from the state’s Permanent School Fund. The fund, which was established when Minnesota’s Constitution was ratified in 1858, generates revenue from school trust lands through activities such as mining, timber harvesting, and land leases. Today, the fund has grown to more than $2.2 billion and provides annual support to public, charter, and tribal schools across the state.
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Minnesota invests $41 million in teacher pipeline grants to bolster the state's number of teachers
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Hass takes prime role with beef ambassadors
This year, Emily Hass received a promotion. The soon-to-be senior at Cambridge-Isanti High School has been named as the Peer Advisor to the 2026–2027 Minnesota State Beef Ambassador Team, which is sponsored by the Minnesota State CattleWomen. After spending the past two years as an Ambassador, Hass admitted she has mixed emotions about this new position. “It’s a very exciting and proud moment, but some of it is kind of sad,” she said. “I don’t get to travel the state anymore and have that ambassador role. Yes, I get to travel and do it with them, but I don’t have that kind of name tag as the state ambassador. I’m the peer advisor; I get to coach and tell them what to do. “It is pretty much a completely different role. So that’s exciting. And I’m definitely proud that I’ve made it to be a peer advisor and get to advocate for these girls. … It’s more of a behind-the-scenes thing, scheduling the meetings, sending out agendas, coming up with social media posts and schedules for them.” Hass said the Beef Ambassadors travel around the state to advocate for Minnesota beef and agriculture. Their trips take them to county and
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Free back-to-school supply events helping parents as costs rise
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It’s almost here – high school fall sports practices start next week
Competition in South Suburban Conference figures to be fierce High school athletes have spent much of the summer hitting the courts, the streets and the weightroom, but next week is when it starts to feel real. First day of official fall practice is Monday, Aug. 17, for all sports except adapted soccer (where practices start Sept. 8). Some teams will return next week looking to continue being dominant. Others are looking to build. They all want to have reasons for optimism. Here’s an early look at some of the teams in the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area: Football The most noteworthy game of the 2025 local football season might have been Lakeville South’s 49-31 victory over Maple Grove in the Class 6A quarterfinals. The surprise to observers wasn’t so much that the Cougars won, but the way they tore apart the defending state champions’ defense. Griffen Dean rushed for 286 yards and six touchdowns, and Nic Swanson added 180 yards on the ground. South lost to Moorhead 26-14 in the state semifinals the next week, but the Cougars are back with another team expected to contend in Class 6A. Dean, a recent University of Montana commit, offensive
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Fab Five Photos: YHIC edges Strictly 104-100 for the Twin Cities Pro Am championship at DeLaSalle
This week’s Fab Five photos feature images from the Twin Cities Pro Am championship game in which YHIC defeated Strictly 104-100 before a capacity crowd at DeLaSalle High School. Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald welcomes reader responses at mcdeezy05@gmail.com.
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Genocide Scholar Denied Genocide Studies Job for Calling out Genocide Gets Settlement from the U
Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. In 2024, the University of Minnesota enthusiastically selected Israeli historian Raz Segal as the new director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. A few weeks later, two board members at the center quit in protest, upset that the Jewish-Israeli intellectual had penned an article, “A Textbook Case of Genocide,” for the progressive magazine Jewish Currents, where he deemed the current situation in Palestine as... well, just take a look at that title.