$103 Million Duluth School Budget Approved
Budget Supports Class Size Reduction
Tuesday night, the Duluth School Board members approved the 2016, $103 million budget.
Tuesday night, the Duluth School Board members approved the 2016, $103 million budget.
Teachers descended on The College of Saint Scholastica Tuesday. Teachers attending the 21st Century Teaching and Learning Conference spent the day learning and developing new methods.
It’s a national trend: more men than women working in emergency medical services.
The creative and cultural businesses of Duluth gathered Friday for the launch of the North Coast Creative Alliance.
Many children in Superior receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch.
Researchers determine whether adding hand sanitizer dispensers to classrooms drops the absentee rate for elementary school children.
The proposed budget for Duluth Public Schools aims to put more money in the classrooms.
The Wisconsin Senate has approved a proposal that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools.
The Hermantown School Board has selected six finalists to interview for the school district’s superintendent vacancy.
The Wisconsin Legislature is scheduled to pass a proposal that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools.
Monday children gathered at the Mount Royal branch library for a performance of an African folk tale about a spider who is the master of trickery!
Not everyone pulling in pan fish and blue gills in Minnesota this weekend is required to having a license to do so.
The voices are growing louder against the new administration of the Spooner Area School District. And now, there’s a call for their resignation starting from the very top.
The idea of folk school in Ely has been rumbling around for a while and this weekend, their dream will become a reality.
Douglas County Historical Society Welcomes Guest.
Lake Superior College is hosting campers for a week of cyber crime training.
The Duluth Public Library is selling books for as low as 50 cents.
Plants took over Congdon Elementary Friday.
Duluth Edison Charter Schools started off the year with record breaking enrollment.
Three Marshall School students will soon leave Duluth and head to the nation’s capital to present their work.
Congdon Park Elementary school students will be selling the edible and perennial plants they’ve been growing this season.
More than 100 area students took to the range in Proctor for a final warm-up.
Dozens gathered to read and sing with princes and princess at Miller Hill Mall Saturday.
Four teenagers from Hermantown received their group’s highest honor Friday.
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College-Superior welding instructors have spent the last three weeks helping Department of Corrections inmates skills needed to re-enter the workplace.
A day at the arcade where every game is free – it sounds like the perfect day if you’re a kid.
Green Bay elementary school officials were surprised when a bill from the state arrived in the mail.
A school on the Iron Range is growing to get kids ready for education at an earlier age.
Kids with the Boys and Girls Club of Superior spent their day celebrating Arbor Day Wednesday.
History is making a comeback in Proctor. Wednesday the Proctor Area Historical Society will have a “soft” opening to unveil its new Whistle Stop Museum.
For some elementary students in Duluth, Tuesday was a good day to have class outside, and spend time in their garden.
Gov. Mark Dayton and House Republicans have reached a tentative deal on education funding, the largest unresolved piece of the state’s budget that threatened a government shutdown.
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has voted to cut the University of Wisconsin System by $250 million.
The City of Superior is getting ready to host it’s first–ever Insane Inflatable 5K. But this isn’t your typical race.
Local leaders encouraged local teens to take the pledge to graduate from high school.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million budget cut to the University of Wisconsin System is slated to be voted on by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.
The dream of a new multi-million dollar downtown Duluth library is out for Mayor Don Ness — at least for his remaining months in office.
A Duluth teacher is being recognized for his work with race relations in the classroom.
The third annual “Housing for All” summit was held Wednesday to gather input from the community to end homelessness in the Northland.
Denfeld choral students got a lesson in music from a former opera singer.
Friday afternoon, Hermantown students flocked to Pike Lake for their boat races. Students built the boats out of nothing more than cardboard, duct tape and paint.
With two main entryways into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, through Ely and Grand Marais, there is no denying the wilderness helps to generate big tourism dollars for nearby communities.
Thursday, elementary students in the Hillside neighborhood practiced their basic bike skills at the 2nd annual bike rodeo.
Injury from head trauma is the leading cause of death for people ages 1 through 44.
Gov. Mark Dayton has followed through on his promise to veto the Legislature’s budget for public schools.
As part of May’s Older Americans Month a campaign is underway to shed light on seniors and their struggle with hunger.
Minnesota lawmakers are getting ready for a special session after Governor Mark Dayton vetoed the education budget.
Duluth students took their friends and family down the Yellow Brick Road Wednesday.
As the school year draws to a close, Wednesday was a chance for school children to get outside and hit the track.
Duluth School Board also discussed whether to increase activity fees for students on free or reduced lunch. For now, the issue was tabled.