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Minnesota students’ academic performance stagnates after pandemic declines
Eden Prairie Local News - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025
File photo by Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect Minnesota students aren’t making progress in math and reading after significant declines in proficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statewide standardized assessment data...
Minnesota students head back-to-school carrying the weight of grief and fear while Gov. Walz eyes special session
KNSS - Kentucky
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September 2, 2025
Thousands of students are going back to school Tuesday with many carrying an additional weight on their back: fear. When students in Minneapolis get off the bus, it begins with a welcome in Minneapolis. "I'll say welcome to school. Welcome to a...
Minnesota State Mankato Establishes Mid-Semester Start Option for International Students
Radio Mankato - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025
Minnesota State University, Mankato has established a new mid-semester start option for new international students enrolling at the University in the 2025 fall semester. The mid-semester start option was created to assist international students...
Minnesota DNR reminds hunters about upcoming season dates
Pine Cone Press Citizen - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025 at 9:23 a.m. Minnesota waterfowl seasons are around the corner, and hunters have a wide variety of opportunities to look forward to in 2025, with seasons starting Saturday, Sept. 6. Early teal season runs Saturday, Sept. 6...
Minnesota View: Words matter in moments of unfathomable tragedy
West Central Tribune - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025
With their colleagues in blue still on the scene of an unthinkable mass shooting just a little over two hours to our south Wednesday morning — the victims mostly innocent children hit by bullets fired through stained-glass windows while they...
Lyon County Education: 4,781 students were enrolled in 2024-25 school year
SW Minnesota Today
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September 2, 2025
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz There were 4,781 students enrolled in Lyon County...
Nassau County boosts patrols at schools, houses of worship after Minneapolis shooting
Long Island Press - New York
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September 2, 2025
Police patrols will increase at schools and religious institutions following a shooting at a Catholic school Mass in Minneapolis that killed two children and injured 17. Photo by Ryan Toohill In the wake of a Minneapolis Catholic school shooting...
Francis Lite? Chicagoan Pope Leo’s Liberal Lens on Minneapolis Terror
American Thinker
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September 2, 2025
Pope Leo’s immediate comments in the aftermath of the Minneapolis murders of two Catholic elementary school children—and many more injured during Mass—signal a big disappointment to American Catholics. It appears that Pope Leo may become a...
Threat of immigration blitz intensifies
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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September 1, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: The U.S. Department of Defense has secured Naval Station Great Lakes for an immigration blitz in Chicago starting this week. 🗞️ Plus: How Chicago florists are grappling with tariff costs, a reflection on Labor...
Gov. Walz confirms he's considering special session after church shooting
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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Walz confirms he's considering special session on guns after Minneapolis church shooting Walz confirms he's considering special session on guns after Minneapolis church shooting 00:41 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday confirmed he is talking to...
Watch Bridge Culture Club discussion of ‘I Cheerfully Refuse’
Bridge Michigan
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September 2, 2025
Bridge Michigan hosted its latest Culture Club, a discussion of ‘I Cheerfully Refuse’ The book tells the story of a musician named Rainy who flees across Lake Superior after his peaceful life is shattered Author Leif Enger spoke about the book and...
Mankato’s Washington Elementary Named 2025–26 Minnesota School of Excellence
Radio Mankato - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025
Washington Elementary School, part of Mankato Area Public Schools, has been named a 2025–26 Minnesota School of Excellence by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA). Washington is one of only 13 schools statewide to earn...
Media Miss Minute: Bid to end protections for Venezuelans blocked, church shooter’s mom hires attorney
Straight Arrow News
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In this Media Miss Minute, a federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s bid to end protections for Venezuelans in the United States. And the mother of the Minnesota church shooter has hired a lawyer. A panel of three federal judges...
In Minneapolis, Ingrained Hatreds Rise Again to Violence
The Patriot Post
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The first comment I heard after the attack on Catholic schoolchildren in Minneapolis last week was from the city’s mayor, Jacob Frey, who said: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers just now. These kids were literally praying.”...
Rosie O'Donnell Issues Pathetic Apology To MAGA Over Trans Minnesota Shooter Lie
OutKick - Tennessee
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September 2, 2025
Rosie O'Donnell falsely blamed MAGA for the Minnesota shooter — now she’s backtracking with a weak apology. PublishedSeptember 2, 2025 12:00 PM EDT•UpdatedSeptember 2, 2025 11:33 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Cold Sore Rosie had quite a...
Annunciation pastor calls first parish Mass after church shooting a 'humble beginning'
Detroit Catholic
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September 2, 2025
(OSV News) ─ Recalling the fear and the cries from students, parents and school staff to "get low, stay down, stay down, don't get up" as bullets tore through Annunciation church at an all-school Mass in Minneapolis, Father Dennis Zehren, the...
Trump orders removal of gender ideology from public school curricula under threat of federal funds
The Post Millenial
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September 2, 2025
“Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas. The Trump Administration will ensure that PREP reflects the intent of Congress, not the priorities of the left.” The US Department...
Another change to immigration policy; Belichick loses debut | Hot off the Wire podcast
Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska
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ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered US alone. Final preparations for trial of man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump in Florida. Xi and Putin reaffirm 'old friend' ties in the face of US...
A college education under the Trump regime: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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September 2, 2025
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Freshmen starting classes at Ohio universities this fall are worrying about navigating campuses, studying for tests — and weathering...
Christian author Jen Hatmaker: “I’m out of the church right now”
Denison Forum - Texas
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September 2, 2025
The bestselling Christian author and speaker Jen Hatmaker headlined women’s events and conferences and was profiled in Christianity Today. She and her husband founded a church in Austin; their family was featured in an HGTV series. In 2020, she...