STATE AND REGION
Man charged for taking hostages
SUPERIOR, Wis. - A man accused of holding two people hostage in a Superior hotel to force their friend to pay a drug debt faces a preliminary hearing today.By Superior Telegram , March 17, 2010
Task force to look at future expansion of Spanish immersion
CLOQUET - The District 833 School Board decided last week to organize a task force to study the possibility of a future expansion of Nuevas Fronteras, a Spanish immersion school currently housed in Crestview Elementary in Cottage Grove.By Hank Long, South Washington County Bulletin , March 17, 2010
Brief: JCC’s Hartzler wins region Triple ‘A’
JACKSON — Joel Hartzler, a senior at Jackson County Central High School, has been selected to represent Region 3A in the Academics, Arts and Athletic Award Program.By DAILY GLOBE , March 16, 2010
Widespread spring flooding forecast for Minnesota, North Dakota
WASHINGTON — With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents’ fears today, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press , March 16, 2010
Bill changes rules for Minnesota graduation test
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers might change the rules surrounding tests that measure skills students are expected to know before graduation.By Associated Press , March 16, 2010
Flooding continues to plague southeast SD
DAVIS, S.D. - Turner County farmer Dave Smit says flooding in the Vermillion River basin near Davis is the worst in memory.By The Associated Press , March 16, 2010
Minn. teacher charged in drunken ear bite attack
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A middle school teacher is accused of biting off part of a man's ear during a confrontation at a St. Paul diner.By The Associated Press , March 16, 2010
Volunteers "urgently needed" for sandbagging efforts
FARGO - Volunteers are urgently needed in Fargo and Cass County to help with sandbagging efforts, according to a news release issued late this morning. Volunteers for Fargo are asked to meet at First Assembly of God Church (door L) at 3401 25th St. S., Fargo.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , March 16, 2010
Man: I was ambushed! Police: No, you weren't
RIVER FALLS, Wis. - His wife called 911 after he returned home from a bar last Wednesday night. The back of his head was bleeding heavily. He claimed two teenage assailants whacked him from behind with a board or stick in back of Mel’s Midtowner, then walked off. They said nothing, didn’t rob him. The man collapsed, may have briefly passed out. Checking all this out, officers quickly realized the story didn’t add up.By Phil Pfuehler, River Falls Journal , March 16, 2010
Teacher charged in ear bite attack
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A middle school teacher is accused of biting off part of a man’s ear during a confrontation at a St. Paul diner.By Associated Press , March 16, 2010
Man freed from grain bin, auger in YM County
CLARKFIELD — A Montevideo man has been transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when his leg became caught in an auger inside of a grain bin.By West Central Tribune of Willmar , March 16, 2010
Bail set at $80K for Willmar man accused of shaking baby
WILLMAR — Travis Dean Ryks, 25, of Willmar, made his first court appearance Monday on a first-degree assault charge for allegedly shaking a 2-month-old baby and causing him life-threatening traumatic brain injury.By Gretchen Schlosser, West Central Tribune , March 16, 2010
Duluth dognapping ring: Real or rumor?
DULUTH - Dan Cantrell believes the only way his dog, Glory, could have gone missing is if someone took her. She was on the patio of his Gary-New Duluth home on Feb. 24, which Cantrell said is secured by a door that’s tied shut with several knots.By Brandon Stahl, Duluth News Tribune , March 16, 2010
Red Lake Falls parents speak at school meeting about urination incident involving son, others
GRAND FORKS - The parents of a Red Lake Falls, Minn., elementary student “had an opportunity to comment” Monday night at a school board meeting on their allegations that an older student urinated on their son last week, said Superintendent Joel Young.By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald , March 16, 2010
Environmental group seeks stricter rules for atrazine
ALEXANDRIA - The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is urging state and federal agencies to strengthen regulations for a heavily used agricultural chemical because scientific studies have found that atrazine-contaminated water increases the risk for birth defects and developmental problems for infants.By Staff Report, Alexandria Echo Press , March 16, 2010
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1934: Paving Minnesota 60
Pave Highway 60! Pish posh! Why, we don't even need gravel on that never-used, pointless road! I say we put dirt on it and plant grass all over the
1934: Smallpox Vaccine Offered, Free
Yet another reminder that smallpox continued to be a local concern, not just a concern of people living in poverty in third-world nations, in 1934.
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