Education

Preserving indigenous farming practices to be discussed at Riverland potluck

The Land Stewardship Project invites the community out for an evening presentation and conversation with Mexican farmer and ...

Education

Local college students get monetary boost; Austin Community Scholarship Committee awards $69,500 for 2018-19

The Austin Community Scholarship Committee announced recently that scholarships totaling $69,500 have been awarded to 25 local students ...

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Red Cross teaches IJ Holton students about being ready for disasters

IJ Holton Intermediate School students got a chance to learn more about the importance of being prepared in ...

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‘Anyone can be a scientist’; Chemistry fun sparks imagination for IJ Holton students

Giant bubbles, voice changing experiments and smoke rings; chemistry came alive for IJ Holton students Tuesday afternoon. Around ...

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Gerard Academy has “No Worries!” after book donation

Gerard Academy received a total of 82 new “No Worries!” and “Hello, Happy” books from Babs Freeman, an ...

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Science Fair Mentoring Project continues, expands

The Science Fair Mentoring Project continues at two local elementary schools and expands into another. For the fourth ...

Education

Helping our children deal with natural disasters

The past few months have seen countless natural disasters throughout the country and the world impacting the lives ...

Education

Marking the progress of students: Austin Public Schools’ ACT scores released

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)  released the results of the 2018 ACT scores for each school district ...

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Tidemann wins regional Minnesota Farm Bureau Collegiate Discussion Meet

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) hosted a regional Collegiate Discussion Meet at Riverland Community College in Austin ...

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Education Briefs: Summer 2018 graduates

University of  Wisconsin-La Crosse Austin — Stephen Juenger, Bachelor of Arts, Spanish Major

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RCC group attends conference

Riverland Agricultural and Food Science Technology Club members recently attended the 2018 Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus with ...

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MnDOT offers schools, communities funding for Safe Routes to School planning

ST. PAUL — Minnesota communities and schools wanting to develop safer routes for students to walk and bicycle ...

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New University fellowship honors civil rights leader Josie Johnson

The University of Minnesota is establishing a fellowship in the name of one of the state’s foremost civil ...

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Mower CEO Program’s first year raises future entrepreneurial leaders

About 16 students sat in the Hormel Historic Home, learning about the ins and outs of being an ...

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AHS announces September Rotary Students of the Month

Austin High School has announced that Sarah Bachmeier and Emily Eich are September Rotary Students of the Month.

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