New school restrooms: Uni-sex but private
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Restroom visits at the new Dakota Middle School need not be [...]
Board seeks options for school cooling
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board is casting nets widely for ideas to [...]
“Hey, Sparky, how’s the weather up there?”
Sparky the Giraffe. Reigns in Marjorie Van Cleve’s class. Image: John Casper [...]
Yikes: School upgrades 60% over budget
WINONA Minn. – A multi-million plan to improve air quality at Jefferson and Washington-Kosciusko [...]
Cashton school hit-list author cops plea
CASHTON, Wis. – A Cashton school classroom aide decided to accept punishment without a [...]
40 years of Winona classroom service honored
WINONA, Minn. -- Two classroom veterans were honored for 40 years service in Winona [...]
Major upgrades proposed for Lewiston Altura schools
LEWISTON, Minn. – Consultants have recommended multi-million dollar upgrades to the Lewiston-Altura School Board. [...]
Cotter chooses fundraising chief
WINONA, Minn. – A fundraising veteran, Mike Swanson, has been named vice president of [...]
Non-trad Winona school targeted for low performance
WINONA. Minn. -- Three Winona school programs with substandard performance scores will receive new [...]
Downsizing proposal: Close Altura school
LEWISTON, Minn. – A Lewiston-Altura school task force recommended closing the Altura grade school [...]
Winona parents to have bus-tracking app
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted to supply an app for parents [...]
School vandals unleash corrosive chemicals
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Vandals who released fire extinguishers in the Forrest Street [...]
Rollingstone: A school to call their own
ROLLINGSTONE, Minn.— Sixteen years after the Winona School Board shut down its Rollingstone school [...]
Incumbents among choices for School Board
WINONA, Minn. – Voters chose School Board veterans Nancy Denzer and Karl Sonneman to [...]
For attorney general: It’s Ellison, Schultz
ST. PAUL, Minn. – As expected, Attorney General Keith Ellison won the Democratic primary [...]
Stewartville school referendum loses
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. -- Voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $38.5 million school bond referendum. The [...]
Dover voters: No to school repair plan
EYOTA, Minn. -- Voters rejected a $20 million school referendum. The proposed bond issue [...]
How they voted: On Winona school referendum
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to ask voters in April [...]
Board delays public vote on school upgrades
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted to proceed on seeking $86 million [...]
New principal at Winona Middle School
WINONA, Minn. — A former assistant principal at the Winona High School, Dave Anderson, [...]
School tax hike in works: When? How much?
WINONA, Minn. — The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to proceed with planning for [...]
Bullying charged: Sparta schools chief resigns
SPARTA, Wis. -- The Sparta schools superintendent, Amy Van Deuren, who had been accused [...]
Poll: Winonans nod yes to $87 million school plan
WINONA Minn. – A survey found 53% of people in the Winona School District [...]
A school’s middle course on banning book
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. –The Chippewa Falls School Board voted 5-2 to ban the book [...]
Co-op coverts capital credits to scholarships
RUSHFORD, Minn. – MiEnergy Cooperative awarded $70,000 in scholarships to high school students who [...]
Double-A grades lead Middle School honors
WINONA, Minn. – These students were named to the spring quarter Double-A honor roll [...]
New school superintendent in Fountain City
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – The principal at the Galesville high school is moving 20 [...]
Athletes cheered home after state games
WINONA, Minn. – For Winona eighth-grade athlete Devin Filzen it was a ride to [...]
New principal at Jefferson School
WINONA, Minn. – A school principal from the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska, Jay Woller, [...]
Gong marks Learning Center commencement
WINONA Minn. – So far this year 39 students have graduated from the Winona [...]
Kids’ summer meals start Friday
WINONA Minn. – Children ages 18 and under can have free meals through theWinona [...]
$850,000 in scholarships to Winona High seniors
WINONA, Minn. —Winona High School seniors earned $850,000 in college scholarships, the school announced. [...]
Teen with gun online: “We’re on our way”
RICHFIELD, Minn. – The principal at Richfield High School in this south Minneapolis suburb [...]
Winona High orchestra students lauded
WINONA, Minn. –Winona Hugh School seniors Jasper Hedin and Anthony Bruguier were honored at [...]
Massive K-12 funding bill on its way
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A $5.3 billion education bill for K-12 schooling over [...]
LaCrosse ponders merging high schools
LACROSSE, Wis. – Pubic hearings are under way on merging Logan and Central high [...]
School bus rams power pole; no kids at risk
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A school bus stuck a power pole during the lunch hour. [...]
Triple ensemble concert at Winona High
WINONA, Minn. – Three Winona High School ensembles have been tuning up for their [...]
School Board: Nyet to opposing genocide
BYRON, Minn. – The Byron School Board got an ear-full from parents and students [...]
High School drama adventure in Narnia
WINONA, Minn. – The play “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” from the [...]
Schild retiring from Winona School Board
WINONA, Minn. – A three-term veteran of the Winona School Board, Steve Schild, will [...]
Teen admits to school murder threats
NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, Minn. – A 17-year-old student was arrested at Central High School [...]
Library sabotage? Or just teen-age mischief?
CADOTT, Wis. – Sabotage was reported at the Cadott Junior and High School library, [...]
Superintendent: Completion rate up, could be better
WINONA, Minn.— Although the graduation rate at Winona High School lags behind outlying southeast [...]
Carnegie concert on Winona High NYC itinerary
WINONA, Minn. —The Winona High School Orchestra is back from a musical and cultural [...]
Minnesota high school graduation rate slips
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota public high schools are graduating fewer students by a [...]
School Board bans one book, keeps others
CADOTT, Wis. – The Cadott School Board began steering a middle course – cowardly, [...]
Schools chief yields a bit on Byron flag ban
BYRON, Minn. – The superintendent of Byron Schools, Mike Neubeck, denied that teachers were [...]
Fire at Red Wing High School short-lived
RED WING, Minn. – A fire in a cafeteria ceiling at the Red Wing [...]
Teachers see Ukraine flag as discussion tool
BYRON, Minn. – The president of the Byron teachers union, Justin Blom, said that [...]
WSU invites day-are schooling enrollment
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona State University Children’s Center has openings for children of [...]
Byron schools beset with Ukraine conundrum
BYRON, Minn. – Loosely conceived and poorly thought-through Byron School District policies tripped up [...]
$5 million deal: Cotter buys two WSU dorms
WINONA, Minn. – Cotter Schools has bought two of Winona State University’s West Campus [...]
To students: Yes, it’s OK express opinions
WINONA, Minn. – At Winona Middle School, social studies teachers Stacy Gobler and Rose [...]
Speaker draws lessons of kindness from Columbine
WINONA, Minn. – They screamed. They laughed. They danced. And they made a pledge [...]
Linking school arts with world crisis
WINONA, Minn. – Teachers and students at Winona Schools aren’t waiting for the history [...]
Budding scientists explore yeast, iron effects
WINONA, Minn. – Curiosity and scientific method led two Winona High School students to [...]
LaCrescent School Board chooses superintendent
LACRSCENT, Minn. – The school superintendent in Red Lake, Melinda Crowley, has been hired [...]
Southern Minnesota teachers make semifinal cut
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A field of 77 candidates for state Teacher of the [...]
School Board: Masking to be optional
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to lift its masking requirement [...]