Education

WILLMAR -- Sam Nelson said he is still pinching himself to be sure that his Fulbright Scholar award isn't a dream. Nelson, 55, of Spicer, a Ridgewater College history instructor,...

WILLMAR -- Sam Nelson, a history instructor at Ridgewater College, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2012-13. He will teach at the Kazan Institute of Economics, Ma-nagement and Law...

GROVE CITY -- Another rural school district is considering purchasing iPads for students. The Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School Board agreed Monday to continue to study the viability of using the tablet...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar Planning Commission Wednesday night approved a conditional use permit requested by the Islamic Society of Willmar to allow an Islamic mosque at the former Lafayette Elementary...

COSMOS -- Just one month after agreeing to move K-4 grade students out of their elementary school in Cosmos this fall, there's word there may be a buyer for the...