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Students wore blackface for powderpuff games from 2013-2016
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If you can hear the whir of a motor starting up in the distance, it’s probably a fisherman moving to a better spot. The plaintive cry of a loon and a soft plop as a turtle submerges also can be heard in the stillness. The sound of hammering echoes across the lake as someone puts in a dock.
Washington County to release study at open house
Forest Lake Area Schools, the YMCA and local communities are sponsoring a project called Eve…
Presentation on leadership among offerings at event
The Forest Lake Chamber of Commerce is looking for donations to add to the Minneapolis Relie…
Waiver applies to primary care and behavioral health visits
Kellee Nightengale, owner of Mainstream Boutique in Forest Lake, has been waiting since March 18 to reopen her doors. So when Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday, May 13, that more nonessential businesses, including retail, could open beginning Monday, May 18, she was ready.
Gov. Tim Walz announced in an online address on Wednesday, May 20 that salons and restaurants will be able open on June 1 in an update to the current Stay Safe MN order, what Walz says is phase two of reopening the economy in Minnesota.
Since most social events have been canceled (or perhaps should be), my family and I have been spending a lot of time cooped up together in the house. Fortunately, we are a family of board gamers, and my kids, ages five and six, are fast picking up the hobby.
This past week I spent a lot of time in the car. I took a solo two-day trip up the north shore of Lake Superior, slowly making my way up to Grand Portage Falls and back home again for coverage of Forest Lake’s Independence Day celebrations. Less than 12 hours later, I made my way north to my…
During this unprecedented time dealing with COVID-19, friends and family are telling me what I need to watch on Netflix, what books to read, or what movies I would love, I always come back with the same response, “Have you watched the television show ‘Supernatural’?” I would say 90% of the t…
When Minneapolis was burning, buildings were being looted, peaceful protesters filled streets and emotions were understandably off the charts after the killing of George Floyd, one man offered calm. Standing behind an Emergency Operations Center press conference podium as weary-eyed reporter…
As an authorized PreK-12 International Baccalaureate school, Lakes International Language Academy meets the Minnesota State education standards and the rigorous curriculum requirements of the IB program. We see some overlap between them; our English language arts (reading, writing, speaking)…
In my fiction-writing life, I am working on a project that tangentially involves heists. In my day-to-day life, I’m still not seeing my friends or going out very much due to coronavirus. As such, my wife and I have spent much of the last several weeks watching heist movies.
My little bubble has been popping a whole lot lately.
When it comes to Christopher Columbus, he indeed landed in the Bahamas on Oct. 12, 1492, in the first documented arrival of Europeans to North American soil.
If the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has taught us anything it is that police and social justice reform are sorely needed in Minnesota. One reform that must be tackled is the ever-growing achievement gap in public education and the fact children of color, American Indian children and …
An open letter to the high school graduates of 2020
Stocking muskies in Minnesota lakes has long created debates about how harmful muskies are to other fish populations in those lakes. The species that creates the most concern is the walleye.
Outdoor youth sports were allowed to hold games and scrimmages starting Wednesday, June 24, after being on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota health officials said Friday.
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