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 Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Alice Seagren isn’t pleased with the 2008 school MCA-II math and reading scores.
“We welcome any improvement, of course, year to year,” said Seagren, speaking on Friday, June 27.
House K-12 Finance Committee Chairwoman Mindy Greiling, DFL-Roseville, anticipates more Minnesota schools will fail to meet federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) adequate yearly progress levels, because NCLB is unrealistic in its expectations, she said. Greiling, pictured at the unveiling of a new K-12 funding proposal last session, said funding alone is not the sole factor in achieving better schools — reform is needed. But Greiling dismisses the idea that reform alone is the answer to better education. "That's the most bogus argument of all," she said. (Photo by T.W. Budig, ECM Capitol Reporter)
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A 20-year-old local man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for
what the prosecution called a three-day “wilding” in Braham last fall
that cut a swath of vandalism through the city and left an 83-year-old
burglary victim uneasy sleeping in her own home.
See more in Evelyn Puffer's Isanti County News story.
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The West Metro Drug Task Force, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office,
and the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force conducted an
investigation into a major indoor marijuana grow operation that has
ended with 18 people facing federal charges.
Thirteen of the suspects made their initial appearances Thursday in
federal court. If convicted, the defendants each face a potential
maximum penalty of life in prison. See more in ABC Newspapers story.
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 Eagan Market Fest returns this summer with 12 nights of food, artisan items and live entertainment.
Part farmers’ market, part community festival, the weekly event hosted
by the city of Eagan runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, July 1 through
Sept. 16, on the festival grounds at the Eagan Community Center.
See more in ThisweekLive story by Andrew Miller.
There’s no shortage of refreshments at Eagan Market Fest. Here, two youngsters enjoy the licking good tastes of some ice cream cones.
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The Minnesota Zoo achieved an all-time attendance record this past fiscal year.
In the 30 years the zoo has been open, it has never experienced attendance and membership levels so high, zoo officials said. See more in Serena Calder's ThisweekLive story.
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This is the time of the year when Americans celebrate patriotic themes.
It all began on July 4, 1776 in the city of Philadelphia when a small
group of men, suffering under the restraints of a European power 3000
miles away, and acting as the Second Continental Congress, declared
their 13 colonies to be free and independent of Great Britain. See more in Rev. John Blackford's column in the Forest Lake Times.
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Motorists on I-35 in Chisago County will encounter traffic delays
beginning July 7 when the Minnesota Department of Transportation begins
resurfacing on the road between North Branch and the Goose Creek Rest
Area (1.5 miles north of Harris).
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 A 64-year-old Coon Rapids woman accidently hit the accelerator pedal
instead of the brake pedal and slammed through the front of a Quiznos
restaurant in Coon Rapids during the Wednesday lunch hour. See more in Eric Hagen's ABC Newspapers story.
Jean Graff, 64, of Coon Rapids accidently hit the accelerator pedal
instead of the brake pedal in her 1997 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer when
she was pulling into a parking spot and ran through the front of the
Quiznos restaurant in the Riverdale shopping center. (Photo by Tammy Luukonen, ABC Newspapers)
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A Blaine man was killed after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle Wednesday (July 1) afternoon.
The 60-year-old man was hit by a passenger car driven by a 32-year-old Ramsey woman. See more in Kelly Johnson's Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life story.
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There will be a fireworks display Friday, July 3, at dusk at the North Branch High School. The city of North Branch thanks the Perkins Restaurant for its generous donation which allowed the city to contract with Melrose
Pyrotechnics for the fireworks display.
Any additional donations that
are received will be placed in a restricted account to fund future
fireworks displays. -- ECM Post Review
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