July 8, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion

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Todd County Transparency:

What is a county?
By Nathan Burkett
Todd County Administrator
Counties in Minnesota were created by the State to serve as the administrative arm of the State. More...

Staples Motley Schools

Testing shows students are improving each year
By Mark Schmitz

As part of Minnesota’s assessment system, the Minnesota Department of Education measures whether or not students are meeting the state math and reading academic stan- dards, which are what they should know and be abl e to do in a particular gr More...

Supplemental vote shows what Congress values

By Susan Shaer

Stap les It’s no t eno ugh that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have topped $1 trillion. More...