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Uncontested Races in Albertville, STMA School Board, ISD 728 Board

Candidates were left without challengers in a handful of races that impact local taxpayers. Here's a look.

November 3, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Incumbent candidates were left without challengers in a handful of races that impact local taxpayers. Here’s a look at the results as they come in on Election Night. Albertville Mayor Jillian Hendrickson – Councilman Aaron Cocking – Councilman Walter Hudson – STMA School Board  Member Drew Scherber Member Hollee Saville Member Kari Dwinnell ISD 728 […]

Tagged With: 2020, City of Albertville, election, ISD 728, STMA School Board

ISD 728 Announces Model Change, Elementary Students to Hybrid in November

The COVID curve continues to push area schools to a new brink.

October 27, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

With the school district’s communities now breaking barriers put in place last August by the Minnesota Department of Health, ISD 728 leaders decided it could no longer put off a change in its learning model, according to a letter shared by staff Monday, Oct. 26. ISD 728 Superintendent Dan Bittman made the announcement via a […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Dan Bittman, ISD 728, schools

ISD 728 Breaks Ground at Middle School in Otsego

Prairie View Middle School will open to students in 2022. The current elementary/middle school will become, simply, Prairie View Elementary.

October 6, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Independent School District 728 (ISD 728), serving Elk River, Otsego, Rogers, Zimmerman and surrounding townships and communities, welcomed distinguished guests, staff and members of the construction community to an official groundbreaking for its fifth middle school, Prairie View, Monday, October 5, 2020.  The event included members of the ISD 728 School Board, as well as […]

Tagged With: ISD 728, Prairie View Middle School, Stahl Construction

ISD 728 Teachers, Artists Help Brighten Minneapolis Area Hit by Riots

June 9, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

The string of businesses with plywood covering windows in south Minneapolis was an eyesore and a reminder of the unrest and unruly behavior that highlighted the first week of June. But out of darkness often comes light. And one person’s piece of plywood can be another person’s canvas. Check out this story about ISD 728 […]

Tagged With: art, Artists, George Floyd, ISD 728

State Department of Education Recommends Virtual Graduation in MN

Guidance for honoring the Class of 2020 was released Friday, May 8.

May 8, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Meetings, classes and even shopping, to much of an extent, have all moved into “virtual” realms with the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. With Minnesota topping 500 deaths and testing/illness and hospitalization still rising in early May, the Minnesota Department of Education is recommending school districts conduct graduation commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 in much […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, graduation, ISD 728, STMA School District

Voters in ISD 728 Schools Weigh in on Two Questions

Levy increases, a new school in Otsego and multiple building improvements would be on tap should the levy and bond be approved.

November 5, 2019 By Mike Schoemer

Elk River area school district voters will weigh in on two questions today, Election Day, as it seeks to raise operating funds and launch a new middle school in Otsego. The ISD 728 School Board unanimously approved a request in June to seek more local tax dollars to support educational programs and address building maintenance […]

Tagged With: bond, election, ISD 728, levy, vote

Elk River Area Schools Will Go to Voters in November

ISD 728 will seek levy funds, bond for an additional school building.

August 2, 2019 By Mike Schoemer

The ISD 728 School Board unanimously approved a request to seek more local tax dollars to support educational programs and address building maintenance and growing enrollment needs at its regular meeting Monday, June 24. If voters approve the requests, schools throughout the district in Elk River, Otsego, Rogers and Zimmerman would all see improvements. The […]

Tagged With: 2019, Elk River, ISD 728, referendum

Two Incumbents, Two Newcomers Win in ISD 728

The district, which includes Otsego, saw massive turnout for its school board election.

November 7, 2018 By Mike Schoemer

With 31 of 33 precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, it appears ISD 728 will be welcoming two incumbents back to the school board, and two newcomers next January. Tuesday’s election was smooth sailing for current Board Chairman Shane Steinbrecher, who ran unopposed in Zimmerman. In the at-large race, Kim Michels and incumbent Tony Walter emerged […]

Tagged With: 2018, election, ISD 728, school board

Otsego’s Prairie View Elementary-Middle School Already on the Grow

The ISD 728 - Elk River Area School District's newest school will add classrooms and gym space over the next year.

May 29, 2018 By Mike Schoemer

Not even completed with its first ever school year, Prairie View Elementary and Middle School in Otsego is already moving earth and placing concrete footings to expand. Last spring the ISD 728 School Board approved a package of bids that will move the idea of an additional classroom wing and third, full-sized gymnasium at Prairie […]

Tagged With: elementary school, ISD 728, middle school, Otsego, Prairie View

Winter Storm Looms: Rogers, Otsego and Elk River Schools Canceled

March 4, 2018 By Mike Schoemer

A winter storm bearing down on Wright County has caused dozens of local school district to cancel classes, including ISD 728, which includes schools in Rogers, Otsego, Elk River and Zimmerman. The March 5, 2018 storm is forecast to drop anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of new snow on the area, after rain switches […]

Tagged With: ISD 728, snow day, weather

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