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baccalaureate

Baccalaureate service brings in local teachers

Area students gearing up for graduation can stop by a local theater for a pep talk Tuesday. The 2013 Community Baccalaureate Service begins at 7 ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:45 pm

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Driver gets jail time for crash that killed dog

A Spring Valley man who shattered a woman’s leg and killed her dog after hitting them with his car will serve 120 days in jail ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Friday, May 31, 2013 11:10 am

Education

Austin schools try out tweeting

Austin Public Schools is testing out a new way to connect with parents, students and staff, and it’s going to keep it brief — to ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Monday, May 27, 2013 10:58 am

News

Late Austin woman leaves home to Hormel Institute

Gretchen Ramlo lead a small team of volunteers through closets and into storage boxes, sorting and tidying the whole way. It was easy to mistake ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:58 pm

holton

School board to review Holton staff development

The Austin Public Schools Board will review I.J. Holton Intermediate School staff members’ professional development with University of Minnesota staff members at an upcoming school ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Saturday, May 18, 2013 5:06 pm

Albert Lea

Diplomas in a sea of blue

In front of hundreds of listeners, Austin resident Joann Ramaker told the story of how marrying her husband and having a child had renewed her ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Friday, May 17, 2013 9:29 pm

Education

‘I’m going to miss Riverland a lot’

Karem Salas Ramirez stopped by Riverland Community College Thursday to return her textbooks. It was a subtle sign she was graduating and moving on to ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Friday, May 17, 2013 10:16 am

Education

Austin’s seniors sound off

Austin High School musicians closed out a year of music with a performance-packed two days this week. Read more

by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:05 pm

board

School board fine-tunes policies for upcoming year

The Austin Public Schools Board has done its homework for the upcoming school year. At a Monday evening meeting, the district approved policy and handbook ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Monday, May 13, 2013 9:00 pm

Austin

Uncertainty at business difficult for employees

Marlene Cordova worried something was amiss at Austin Packaging Company when her work shifts started to disappear. Previously at full-time, the worker said her schedule ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Monday, May 13, 2013 5:29 am

Austin

Program helps workers move on

Weeks have passed since Austin Packaging Company laid off about 76 workers, and Bill Hahn said some of the former employees are starting to find ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Monday, May 13, 2013 5:11 am

Archive

School board to adjust policies, rules

The Austin Public Schools board is fine tuning its policies and rules. At a Monday evening meeting, the district will request approval for a number ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:57 am

News

Poppe: Gay marriage vote is right thing to do

Almost 57 percent of Mower County voters said “yes” to a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage last November, but the county’s state representative, Jeanne Poppe, ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Friday, May 10, 2013 10:33 am

Business

Poppe looking for balance in minimum wage increase

A Democratic split on the minimum wage showed Wednesday as the state Senate backed a bill that calls for a smaller proposed increase and without ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:12 am

Austin

Benefit to remember Hormel worker who died of cancer is this Saturday

Ask Candace Peterson what the fundraising goal is for the Richard Peterson Memorial Benefit, and the answer won’t be a dollar amount. That’s because Candace, ... Read more

by Kevin Coss, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 11:15 am

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