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Did Spero Academy School District students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 mathematics tests?
Minneapolis Review - Minnesota
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July 17, 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 In Spero Academy School District 23.8% of the...
The New Rules of Ergonomics: What Employers Must Know Now
ISHN
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July 17, 2025
Ergonomics has evolved from office comfort to a strategic imperative. Today, it encompasses physical safety, psychosocial factors, and regulatory compliance; particularly as OSHA and state agencies increase enforcement across high-risk industries....
Coming Up July 18 - 24
The Las Cruces Bulletin - New Mexico
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Bulletin report Friday, July 18 Southern NM N Scalers Model Railroad Club meets at the Southern NM Fairground and are open to the public the 3rd Saturday of every month from 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM. Enter through the far west gate. Contact Mike Fifer,...
Nominee says society needs church to counter ‘alarming’ trends
United Church of Christ - Ohio
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July 12, 2025
A standing ovation honored a United Church of Christ nominee after she addressed the church’s General Synod Friday night, July 11, in Kansas City. Receiving the applause was the Rev. Shari Prestemon, nominated for Associate General Minister and...
NFL's Jordan Addison Cuts Deal In DUI Case, Gets Probation
TMZ
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July 17, 2025
Published July 17, 2025 10:15 AM PDT Jordan Addison cut a deal with prosecutors in his DUI case on Thursday and has been sentenced to probation. TMZ Sports has learned ... the Minnesota Vikings star's attorneys issued a no contest plea on his...
Minnesota GOP questions $430,000 bill for Gov. Walz's Congressional hearing preparation
KARE 11 - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
Republicans in Congress called several Democratic governors to the Capitol last month. ST PAUL, Minn. — When Governor Tim Walz testified before Congress last month, it cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands to prepare for. $430,000 is the bill to be...
Minnesota joins multi-state lawsuit to force ICE agents to show faces during raids
WKBT - Wisconsin
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COPYRIGHT 2025 BY NEWS 8 NOW/NEWS 8000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. • Minnesota joins 17 other states in lawsuit demanding ICE agents remove masks during immigration raids •...
Music in the Park helps compose Silver Bay’s future
WDIO - Minnesota
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July 17, 2025
Silver Bay's Music in the Park returns with free concerts for the next eight weeks. Going on its fifth summer now, Silver Bay’s Music in the Park concerts are not only providing free entertainment but also shaping the city’s future. In 2019, the...
Minneapolis nonprofit takes travelers across rural Italy: ‘Walk with your hearts’
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 10, 2025
On a brisk spring morning in Rimini, I stood in a hushed cathedral with 11 other hikers, waiting for a bishop’s blessing.Ahead lay days of strenuous trekking through Italy’s mountainous Emilia-Romagna region to the Sanctuary of La Verna, a...
Aitkin residents to vote on replacing Rippleside Elementary School
KAXE/KBXE - Minnesota
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July 17, 2025
AITKIN — Independent School District No. 1 will have a special election Nov. 4 on whether to build a new elementary school in Aitkin. The outcome of the bond referendum will determine whether the district will build a new pre-kindergarten through...
'Karate Kid Legends' Features Star Raised In This Minnesota Town
Northland Fan - Minnesota
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July 12, 2025
If you grew up loving The Karate Kid movies, this news might just give you chills, because the brand-new movie, 'Karate Kid: Legends', is being led by someone who grew up right here in Minnesota. His name is Ben Wang, and until recently, I had no...
US Senate passes bill cutting $9 billion in funding for public broadcasting and various foreign aid accounts
WZDX - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
The narrow vote cut about $9.4 billion from spending already approved by Congress. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate agreed to legislation early Thursday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved funding for public broadcasting and various...
Durham parents of four named 2025 national parents of the year
Triangle Tribune - North Carolina
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The Taybron family from left in back is Pierre Taybron and Lewanda Bailey-Taybron, and their four children: Maddison 10, and Christina 13, middle row, and Isabelle 6 and Gabrielle 9, front row. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pierre Taybron and Lewanda...
Minnesota’s Haitian community at risk for deportation as Trump ends TPS designation
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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July 10, 2025
A federal judge ruled Tuesday afternoon that the Department of Homeland Security’s actions to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians early was unlawful. The judge’s ruling restores the original expiration date for TPS for Haitians on Feb. 3,...
Staffing shortages, rise in workplace violence fueling strike at Butler Hospital
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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July 17, 2025
Andrew Kimball-Mirzaie had been working at Butler Hospital less than two months when he was attacked by a patient. At 30, Kimball-Mirzaie has the athletic build of someone who looks like he could defend himself if he had to. But he had no reason...
Netflix (NFLX) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
myMotherLode - California
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July 17, 2025
Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 4:45 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Co-CEO — Ted Sarandos Co-CEO — Greg Peters Chief Financial Officer — Spencer Neumann Vice President, Finance, Investor Relations, and Corporate...
Should PA legalize recreational marijuana? Some lawmakers think so
PhillyBurbs - Pennsylvania
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Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s time for Pennsylvania to catch up to its neighbors...
Minnesota State Fair announces new foods for 2025
The Bemidji Pioneer - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
ST. PAUL — It’s almost that time of year again! The Minnesota State Fair has announced its official 2025 list of new foods, and there’s plenty to get excited about, including a few new takes on cheese curds (caprese and a dessert version) and two...
Film review: Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ depicts a small town spiraling in May 2020. It’s as bleak and familiar as you’d think.
Little Village Magazine - Iowa
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July 17, 2025
‘Eddington’ (2025) dir. Ari Aster — trailer still “Don’t make me think. Post it.” Your charitable gifts support freely accessible, independent reporting on Iowa news, culture and events. Sevilla County Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) blurts...
Arthur Herbert Cothran Jr,
Daily Dodge - Wisconsin
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July 17, 2025
Arthur Herbert Cothran Jr, age 94, beloved husband of Suzanne Cothran and resident of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin passed away on July 13, 2025 at Randolph Health Services and Assisted Living facility from complications from a recent stroke. Art was born...