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PLEASANTON — The Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) faced a firestorm of complaints from frustrated parents during a recent meeting where the school board reviewed teacher training updates for literacy

Parents with children who have dyslexia pleaded with Pleasanton school board members last week to speed up the process of training teachers to better serve their students.

TOWER— The city council here, on Monday, approved tapping other city accounts to help finance the Tower Area Ambulance Service, which has been struggling financially as a result of a spike in …

Earth Day was created April 22, 1970 as a way to raise awareness about environmental issues.

The May 3 primary will still happen but certain races will be missing from the ballot. Starting Tuesday, April 5, voters can cast their votes at the polls.

TOWER- A planning process that began last summer has created a plan to enhance, connect, and build on the existing trail systems in the Tower-Soudan area. “This covers the broader needs for all …

TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society (TSHS) was just awarded a $285,618 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant for the Tower Historic Fire Hall Exterior Rehabilitation. The grant, …

When the $53 million facility opens in November, it will be a one-of-a-kind medical examiner’s office in the United States.

Lake Erie advocates take aim at ‘factory farms’ Alexandra Mester - The (Toledo) Blade Digital ads now showing on electronic billboards across Toledo and elsewhere in the state are part of a local campaign taking aim against concentrated animal feeding operations. Mike Ferner, coordinator for Lake Erie Advocates, said during a news conference Thursday morning the ads showing an iconic photo of a glass of green Lake Erie water and cows and hogs on so-called “factory farms” are meant to pr...

Posted Wednesday, July 7, 2021 9:58 pm TOWER- The Tower-Soudan Historical Society has received grant funding to replace the roof on the Tower Historic Fire Hall on Main Street. This was the first fire hall built on the Iron Range, in 1895, and is the oldest existing public building north of Duluth. A $20,000 grant was made from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Culture and Tourism Program through taxes paid by Minnesota’s mining industry, and a $10,000 gr...