Nomination deadline is June 1.

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New state school rankings replace federal testing mandates MOORHEAD - Several area schools - those that serve areas with high levels of poverty - earned high marks for improvement in Minnesota's new school ratings system, though a few were tagged as being at the back of the pack.

Burning restrictions will soon be lifted in several counties in northern Minnesota due to the green-up of fire fuels, which eases wildfire conditions, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). On May 16, burning restrictions will be lifted in Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau and St ...

Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division has shut down all burning permits in South Beltrami, North Cass, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, and Red Lake counties for today due to high winds.

A look at Minnesota's youngest residents spells change for a state that is overwhelmingly white.

The Department of Natural Resources is lifting burning restrictions in several northern Minnesota counties.

As the drought recedes and the landscape greens up, the Department of Natural Resources is lifting burning restrictions in more Minnesota counties.

Crookston finished with a score of 422, which was 42 strokes behind first place Roseau.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S. The Census Bureau reports children younger than 1 who are minority has tipped past the 50 percent mark. In Minnesota, minorities make up about 28 percent of those younger than 1.