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For the second year in a row, Manhattan voters this week turned down a high school operations levy request, forcing the district to move to its contingency plan to fund programs for the next academic year. Superintendent Brian Ayers said Wednesday he is disappointed the levy failed, but stressed, “I don’t view a failed levy as the community not supporting schools.” Instead, he said it’s clear the district failed to effectively communicate its need for the funding, and he vowed to attempt to fix that problem next year. “I need to get out in the community and connect wi...

The Manhattan School District will hold its Annual School Election on May 4, 2021, and will include a Trustee election and a request for a General Fund operating levy for the high school district. The high school has not passed an operating levy since 2014. Last year, the district ran an elementary and a high school district operating levy. The elementary district levy passed and the high school district levy failed. These were the first levy elections since the 2016 bond election. Although the elementary district could ask their voters for a General Fund levy request of $27,654.77 based on t...

Stranded Brainerd lakes residents share Texas storm experience “We knew it wasn’t gonna be like a hot and sunny Texas, but we didn’t think we’d be stuck here from an ice storm for 11 days,” Rachel Bjorklund said of going to Texas when the severe winter storm came causing millions of people to lose power and water. 4:00 am, Feb. 21, 2021 × Rachel and Eric Bjorklund of Baxter and Rachel's daughter Kelsey Terhaar were stranded in Austin, Texas, for a week when a severe storm hit late Feb. 13. They took this photo of downtown Austin. Submitted photo A trip to Tex...

Stranded Brainerd lakes residents share Texas storm experience “We knew it wasn’t gonna be like a hot and sunny Texas, but we didn’t think we’d be stuck here from an ice storm for 11 days,” Rachel Bjorklund said of going to Texas when the severe winter storm came causing millions of people to lose power and water. 4:00 am, Feb. 21, 2021 × Rachel and Eric Bjorklund of Baxter and Rachel's daughter Kelsey Terhaar were stranded in Austin, Texas, for a week when a severe storm hit late Feb. 13. They took this photo of downtown Austin. Submitted photo A trip to Tex...

Country turn to social media en masse last night in reaction to the zimmerman verdict. steve harvey tweeted, a child is dead, and the man that killed him is free. and again, the child is black. my country 'tis of thee? bryan petersen tweeted this, if you trusted the justice system to find the man guilty, you must trust it when it finds a man not guilty, or it's just partiality, you see. and finally, russell simmons tweeting this, i know many people are very upset about the verdict but we must remain peaceful. no matter what, remain peaceful. you're watching msnbc. [ male announcer ] where do y...