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Ridgewater College ag teacher receives mentor award

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Stephen Zenk of Willmar has been selected as the 2010 state winner of the Teacher Mentor Award given by the National Association of Agricultural Educators. This award...

Ridgewater Sat, Jul 10, 2010 - 12:00am

French teacher charged in sex crime at Concordia Language Villages

BEMIDJI - A 29-year-old citizen of France is a wanted international fugitive on a charge of serious felony second-degree conduct with a victim young than 13 in an incident last...

news / state Fri, Jul 02, 2010 - 3:59pm

Disa Daucsavage holds her son, Micah, who is one of the quadruplets she gave birth to March 16. The Daucsavages, who also have a 3½-year-old son, are hoping to celebrate Easter with their new additions. Submitted photo

New London family expecting to bring quadruplets home by the week's end

Like many families, Trevor and Disa Daucsavage will have a houseful on Easter Sunday. But for this New London couple, the four additional people who will be arriving in time...

news / local Wed, Mar 31, 2010 - 12:00am

Former Willmar teacher is a finalist to Sartell superintendent position

Former Willmar teacher is Sartell superintendent finalist Forum Communications Co. report ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - A former principal at Jefferson High School here is a finalist for su-perintendent in the Sartell-St...

news / local Fri, Mar 19, 2010 - 1:32pm

Lawsuit against Willmar special education teacher denied another hearing by federal appeals court

WILLMAR -- The federal lawsuit against the Willmar School District, several administrators and a special education teacher regarding the treatment of a student will not be heard again by the...

news / local / education Tue, Mar 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Montevideo instructor semifinalist for teacher of year honors

MONTEVIDEO -- Richard "Butch" Halterman is among 32 semifinalists for this year's Minnesota Teacher of the Year award, Minnesota Education announced Wednesday. Halterman is a science teacher at Montevideo High...

news / region Thu, Feb 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Teachers in Litchfield to take a 'hard freeze' in pay for 2009-10

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield school teachers will take a "hard freeze" in pay for the 2009-10 school year. The two-year contract includes a total increase of 3 percent for 2010-11, when...

news / local Thu, Jan 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Federal appeals court says teacher can't be sued by child who left school district

WILLMAR -- A federal appeals court has said a child and her mother did not have standing to sue the Willmar School District over alleged mistreatment by a special education...

news / local / region / education Fri, Jan 08, 2010 - 12:00am

Web update: Girl loses appeal in federal suit claiming mistreatment by Willmar teacher

WILLMAR -- A federal appeals court has said a child and her mother did not have standing to sue the Willmar School District over alleged mistreatment by a special education...

news / local / education Thu, Jan 07, 2010 - 11:56am

State appeals court: No violation by local special ed teacher

WILLMAR -- In a split ruling, the Minnesota Court of Appeals says that a special education teacher from Willmar did not violate maltreatment rules when she took a child to...

news / local / education Wed, Dec 02, 2009 - 12:00am

Maritza Ocampo, 18, a senior from Pennock, concentrates Tuesday as she works on her Chinese opera mask, a cultural activity in her Chinese I class. Tribune photo by Linda Vanderwerf

Local Chinese classes gain from visiting teacher and 5-year grant

WILLMAR -- The students were so intent on designing and painting their Chinese opera masks that they hardly took notice of the strangers in their classroom. That just impressed the...

news / education / local Thu, Nov 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Beleaguered educators find few havens

WEST FARGO, N.D. -- Minnesota traditionally produces more teachers than it can absorb. Now, the job market is made tighter by widespread layoffs due to low enrollments and the economic...

news / state Mon, Nov 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Todd Lynum teaches Chinese during class Jan. 27 at Willmar Senior High School as a camera crew, not pictured, documents the process. The footage was featured in a documentary produced by the Asia Society in New York City. Willmar's Chinese language program will see a change this year as a teacher from China will arrive here mid-August and will work side by side with Lynum. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Willmar's popular Chinese language class gets a major boost

Willmar Senior High is one of 10 high schools in the nation to receive a U.S. State Department grant to host a native-speaking Chinese teacher for the next school year...

news / local Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Letter: Thanks to a special teacher

We wish to use this public forum to acknowledge and thank a person who has been a significant part of our lives this past year. Her name is Kathy Schrantz...

opinion / letters Sat, May 30, 2009 - 12:00am

NLS School Board OKs $347K in budget cuts

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board unanimously approved $347,236 in budget cuts for the 2009-10 school year at the regular meeting Monday. The cuts include the elimination of...

news / local / region Tue, Apr 28, 2009 - 12:00am

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