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Boundary changes, construction on agenda school district
The Star News asked Superintendent Mark Bezek to size up what’s in store in 2016 for the Elk River Area School District. Below is Bezek’s response, which is broken into categories. Bezek Board...
View ArticleBoard approves 2016 levy
by Sue Webber Contributing Writer The Elk River School Board on Dec. 14 approved a $39.87 million levy for 2016. The levy amounts to a 2.3 percent increase in the school portion of property taxes over...
View ArticleHandke Center, Elk River’s original high school, to host 85th anniversary party
Celebrate 85 years of education at the Handke Center in Elk River on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The event, featuring free food, fun and refreshments, runs from 4-7:30 p.m. at the Handke Center, 1170 Main St.,...
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Open-minded learner earns Elk River Rotary Student of Month
Student: Haley Yoder Parents: Kenton and Stefanie Yoder List the activities you have participated in and tell of your proudest accomplishments: I participate in the Elk River Math Team and I am also a...
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District to make offer on business school building
Globe plans to consolidate three Minnesota School of Business locations in the Maple Grove area by Jim Boyle Editor Globe University announced on Wednesday to its students and staff it will be...
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Mainstreams: If these walls could talk
by Jim Boyle Editor Members of the Sandhill Photography Club, a local photo club, were recently asked by Handke Center’s 85th anniversary event planners to photograph the facility in preparation for...
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Boundary changes on target for board
by Jim Boyle Editor The Elk River Area School Board members believe proposed boundary lines – to be unveiled Monday at their regularly scheduled business meeting – are on target. That was the sense...
View ArticleFlow behind high school to be altered with gym expansion
Elk River City Council members voted to grant a conditional use permit for the Elk River Area School District to add a new gymnasium space and weight room on the north end of Elk River High School,...
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Middle school math league completes inaugural season
Photo Courtesy of Curt MichenerTop 10 by Trevor Hass Sports Reporter The final math meet for the middle school league took place Jan. 11 at Salk Middle School. There were 65 students from the four...
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New school boundaries unveiled
by Nate Gotlieb Contributing Writer The Elk River Area School District staff is recommending the School Board reassign about 140 Twin Lakes Elementary School students who live in the southwest corner...
View ArticleSpeakers will focus on WWII
District 728 Community Education has several speakers coming up in the James C. Church World War II History Series at the Handke Center in Elk River. Here’s a rundown. •Sally Sudo, internment camp...
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Art students draw orphan portraits
This year students in Rana Nestrud’s Elk River High School Drawing 2 and 3 class drew portraits of children living in an orphanage in Madagascar. Students with the portraits of children living in an...
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Mainstreams: Rogers artists good as gold
High school art program has its best year yet in the 2016 Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards by Trevor Hass Sports Reporter Rachel Hinz won on drawing called, “County Property,” to win her Gold Key...
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VandenBerge holds career fair to get kids thinking
VandenBerge Middle School held a career day last week, which featured professionals from 15 different career fields who students had the opportunity to question. Submitted photosDentist Kristen Bury...
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Busy Bunting steps away from chair post
by Jim Boyle Editor Jane Bunting closed out her three-year run as chairwoman of the Elk River Area School Board on Jan. 4 with a tear in her eye and a crack in her voice. The second-term member of the...
View ArticleCommunity Ed has new health classes
District 728 Community Education is offering some new health-related classes this winter. They include: Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent: Nicole R. Ross, MS, a psychotherapist with the Creative Play...
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Otsego E-8 school planning coming along
by Jim Boyle Editor The Elk River Area School District will go out for bid soon on its voter-approved E-8 school in Otsego, and school officials are cautiously optimistic they will receive good bids....
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Odegaard awarded Rotary Student of Month honor
Student: Madison Odegaard Parents: Rochelle and Erik Odegaard List the activities you have participated in and tell of your proudest accomplishments: I participate in Elk River High School volleyball,...
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Students honor MLK with their art
by Nate Gotlieb Contributing Writer Elk River AP art students are honoring Martin Luther King Jr. this month with artworks inspired by the civil rights leader’s teachings and messages. The students...
View ArticleSpectrum High School 2015-2016 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
A HONOR ROLL Grade 6 Elianna Aberra, Emma Bengtson, Madison Bentley, Brianna Bergren, Kristen Borchert, Michael Brown, Timothy Duthler, Isabella Ebner, Carli Elrod, Timothy Erickson, Gavin Gould,...
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