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Analysis: New studies weigh college value and cost

Two new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it’s the middle-class that’s getting particularly squeezed with student...

news Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 9:00am

Augsburg College opposes gay marriage amendment

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Augsburg College is publicly opposing the amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota's constitution. The announcement Tuesday makes the Minneapolis liberal arts school the first traditional university...

news Wed, Aug 22, 2012 - 10:56am

For some college grads, food stamps are a lifeline

By Julie Siple, MPR News 91.3 FM ST. PAUL – The number of food stamp recipients in Minnesota has soared in the economic downtown to more than 520,000, and on...

news Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 11:45pm

Wide-serving BHS program receives funding boost

BEMIDJI – A successful after-school and summertime program for at-risk students in the Bemidji School District has benefitted from another grant. The latest grant, totaling nearly $900,000 over three years,...

news / local Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 11:36pm

In this July 17, 2012 photo Diane Wagner, with Schwan Food Co., hands out samples of food at a booth during the School Nutrition Association conference in Denver. There are plenty of vegetables and other healthy options on school menus these days. The challenge is getting children to eat them. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Lunch workers study how to get kids to eat healthy

DENVER (AP) — There will be more whole grains on school lunch menus this year, along with a wider selection of fruits and vegetables and other healthy options. The challenge...

news Mon, Aug 20, 2012 - 1:28pm

Kelliher's Lutz named state Administrator of the School Year

Tim Lutz, center, superintendent for the Kelliher School District, was recognized as Administrator of the School Year for 2011-12 for Minnesota Association of School Administrators District 29 in Region 8...

business Fri, Aug 17, 2012 - 10:41pm

School supply donations sought by Boys and Girls Club

BEMIDJI – The Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area is currently accepting school supply donations for its annual supply giveaway. The following school sup-plies are being accepted: pencils,...

news / local Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 5:48pm

One more files for Bemidji school board

BEMIDJI – The field of candidates seeking seats on the Bemidji school board is now set. Dana Kuzel of Guthrie filed for election on Tuesday, the last day of filing...

news / local Tue, Aug 14, 2012 - 7:03pm

Bemidji police receive enforcement grant for underage drinking crackdown

BEMIDJI - A $4,000 grant has been awarded to the Bemidji Police Department for a crackdown on underage drinking. Police Chief Mike Mastin said the grant, from the Invitation Health...

news / education Tue, Aug 14, 2012 - 6:53am

Independent School District No. 31 painters Alisha Kreins, left, and Molly Manske repaint the sign at Northern Elementary School on Monday morning. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Northern School sign gets painted

Independent School District No. 31 painters Alisha Kreins, left, and Molly Manske repaint the sign at Northern Elementary School on Monday morning. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

news / local / education Tue, Aug 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Red Lake hosts Arizona youth for native camp

RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION - They came as strangers, young people from the Navajo Nation in Arizona who had never seen anything quite like the massive body of water the...

news / region / outdoors / education Tue, Aug 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Three more file for school board

BEMIDJI - Three Bemidji men have filed for election to the Bemidji school board. Jeff Haack, John R. Truedson and Rob Warmboe on Monday filed paperwork dec-laring their candidacy for...

news / education Mon, Aug 13, 2012 - 4:02pm

Sculptor Dewey Goodwin stands next to the finished sculpture of a bald eagle grasping a sucker. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Sculptor to get community spirit award

BEMIDJI - Duane "Dewey" Goodwin, an Anishinaabe stone sculptor and art instructor at Leech Lake Tribal College, will receive a First Peoples Fund Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award next month...

news / local / entertainment / education Fri, Aug 10, 2012 - 12:00am

UPDATED: Voelkner, Pugleasa seek re-election to Bemidji School Board

BEMIDJI - Incumbent school board members Ann Long Voelkner and John Pugleasa have filed paperwork seeking re-election to the board. Three four-year seats for District 31 will be on the...

news / education Thu, Aug 09, 2012 - 3:12pm

More than 115 boys and girls from fifth- to eighth-grade are participating in the seventh annual Show Choir Camp at Bemidji High School. The group will conclude camp with a concert, highlighting three songs with dance routines mixed with some solos, at noon Friday in the high school auditorium. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Focus intense at Show Choir Camp

More than 115 boys and girls from fifth-to eighth-grade are participating in the seventh annual Show Choir Camp at Bemidji High School. The group will conclude camp with a concert,...

news / local / education Thu, Aug 09, 2012 - 12:00am

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