What could be better than a chance to perform on stage with a bunch of other kids, that are about your own age, in front of a live audience three times? Grand Rapids Players has just the thing! Join us for our 15th annual Summer Theatre Kids Camp, June 14 - July 10 in their home at the Reif Performing Arts Center.
Registrations are open for all kids 2nd grade and up. The camp offers two options. The morning session features Oliver, Jr. a one-hour youth adaptation of the Broadway musical Oliver. The afternoon session presents 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.
After weeks as Minnesotaâs top COVID-spreading county, Itasca is seeing significant improvements as vaccination rates rise.
Four variants of the virus causing COVID-19 have been identified in Itasca County since January, contributing to an explosion of cases between February and May. Last week, the 14-day rate of infection for every 10,000 Itasca residents was 73.8. This week, the rate is 55.4 percent. Between May 12 and 18, 102 new cases were identified in the community compared to 151 the previous week.
Itasca County saw another death due to COVID this week, a woman in her 90s.
âFor those who have been vaccinated, the news in our country, state and county is very good,â said Kelly Chandler, Itasca County Public Health division manager. âThe vaccines work and community-wide immunity is on the horizon. But for those who are not yet vaccinated, the risks right now are still very real. Itasca County is not at a place of community (herd) immunityâ
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Grand Rapids school added to Minnesota outbreak list as COVID-19 cases rise in Itasca County
Stella Maris Academy’s St. James campus in Duluth and Greenway High School in Coleraine were removed from the outbreak list Thursday. 7:47 am, May 14, 2021 ×
East Grand Rapids Elementary School was added to the Minnesota Department of Health s COVID-19 outbreak list Thursday.
A school building is put on the list if it reports five or more confirmed cases in students or staff who were in a building while infectious during a two-week reporting period. The building is removed after 28 days of no new positive tests.
The Grand Rapids school was added to the list as Itasca County is seeing a spike in cases. From May 6-13, Itasca County has had 144 new cases, with a seven-day average of 20.6.
The West Fargo School District announced Thursday that Candida Braun has accepted the position as assistant principal.
Braun began her career in education in 2000 as a science teacher at Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. While employed in Grand Rapids, she also spent one year as interim high school assistant principal and taught remedial science courses at the Grand Rapids Learning Center. She joined West Fargo Public Schools as a middle school science teacher in 2010 and was named the dean of students at Cheney Middle School in 2016.
Braun holds a bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife biology from the University of North Dakota, a master’s degree in science education from the University of Minnesota, and a specialist degree in educational and administrative leadership from St. Cloud State University.