CHUM Holds Annual Backpack Drive
DULUTH, Min. - CHUM is once again partnering with Duluth Public Schools for their annual backpack drive. Since 2006, CHUM has provided more than 10,000 backpacks to students in need. This year the goal is…
Education in the News
Tutors Wanted For Duluth Area Schools
DULUTH, Minn. - As the Covid-19 crisis has already thrown a curveball in the way students receive their education there is a growing need to help students struggling with math are reading. The Math and…
UMD To Require Masks On Campus While Indoors Starting July 1
DULUTH, Minn. - The University of Minnesota announced Monday that starting July 1, it will require all students, staff and visitors to wear a mask while in any indoor or enclosed space on campus. In…
Subaru of America Donates Over $100,000 in Automotive Equipment to Lake Superior College
DULUTH, Minn. - Lake Superior College is sending a big "thank you" to Subaru of American and Miller Hill Subaru for donating more than $100,000 worth of equipment for the automotive program. The extra equipment…
UMD Moves To No Longer Require ACT Or SAT Scores For Enrollment Applications
DULUTH, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Duluth is making an effort to help remove barriers for students applying to attend the school. The university is testing a new admissions model, which would no longer…
St. Luke's Hospital Uses Technology To Identify Bacteria And Viruses Faster
DULUTH, Minn. - St. Luke's Hospital is the first healthcare facility in the region to utilize a spectrometer to help identify microorganisms much faster. Traditional methods to classify bacteria, viruses, and fungi typically take…
Superior School District Hopes to Open for In-Person Learning This Fall
SUPERIOR, Wis. - The Superior School District hopes to open schools for in-person learning in some capacity this fall. That announcement comes after the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued guidelines for how schools…
Petition Calls For Resource Officers Be Removed From Duluth Public Schools
DULUTH, Minn. - A petition has now been started by several former Duluth Public School students. Those students want the school board to dismiss the district's relationship with the Duluth Police Department. The petition is…
Governor Tim Walz Visits CJM Memorial On 100th Anniversary Of Lynchings
DULUTH, Minn. - Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac Mcghie are still being commemorated through this memorial. 100 years later many are hopeful change will come as racial injustices and inequalities still plage…
Students Return Laptop After School Year Ending
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Families and students at the Superior Middle School returned their borrowed laptops. More than 1,000 laptops were issued to elementary and middle school students. Upon return, the devices will be evaluated…
Elementary School Staff Wave Goodbye to Students
DULUTH, Minn.-- As an unprecedented school year wraps up, Duluth teachers and staff found a way to send their students off into the summer in a unique way. Staff from Congdon Park Elementary School…
Experience 'Summer Camp in a Box' with Great Lakes Aquarium
DULUTH, Minn. - Back in April, the Great Lakes Aquarium was forced to furlough 46 employees after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses. Currently, 11…
Animal Allies Moves Forward With Reduced Summer Camp Class Sizes
DULUTH, Minn. - Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many summer events are canceled, but Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth has figured out a way to still host educational summer camps with restrictions in…
Cloquet Students Bid Farewell to Teachers
CLOQUET, Minn. - Washington Elementary in Cloquet held their second "reverse parade" allowing students to be driven around the school to wish their teachers well. Organizers say, although this wasn't the end of the…
