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Are ‘snow days’ a thing of the past?

A Minnesota tradition could be replaced with distance-learning days Snow days have long been an iconic piece of Minnesota winters. However, the growing amount of technology available for distance learning may soon change this. Due to Covid-19, Minnehaha Academy is set...

Owning a small business during a pandemic

Small business owners in Minnesota face big challenges due to the pandemic Small businesses across the country are still reeling from the ramifications of the executive orders, spurred by COVID-19, that enforced temporary closures on certain establishments. It's a...

Small businesses reel from racial unrest

Rioting adds to setback of pandemic; personal connections to Floyd's death felt strongly        "I didn't know at the time that he was George Floyd. He worked downtown, and he would come and buy little gifts for his daughter," said Susan Zdon, the owner of a...

2020 and the apocalypse

2020 might have been a terrible year, but some thought it was the final one In the year 2020 there was a global pandemic, massive racial unrest across the nation, an economic crash, record breaking wildfires in western America and Australia, Kobe Bryant's death,...
Minneapolis moving mayhem

Guilty

Chauvin verdict announced after a year of anticipation "Thank you. Please be seated," said Judge Peter Cahill. After...