FIVE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY (4/29/2014) Your Post-Bulletin connection to late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today: US-63 CORRIDOR A recently approved official map for a portion of U.S. 63 heading south to Stewartville prepares for a time when frontage roads will replace most of the existing access points at streets and county roads. The frontage roads, which are likely 15 to 20 years off, will make U.S. 63 safer and are changes suggested by transportation planners who recently completed a five-and-a-half-year study of the corridor between 48th Street Southwest and Interstate 90 near Stewartville. VOTER REGISTRATION Minnesotas new online voter registration system must be shut down because it was improperly established, a judge ordered Monday. But the Legislature could quickly turn it back on. Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann said in his ruling that Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was wrong to set it up without legislative permission. He ruled that Ritchie must close the system down by midnight Tuesday. Any registrations previously made through the site will be valid. READING WITH REPO A dozen small hands gently patted a beautiful black and white Border Collie at the beginning of the “Reading with Repo” program at the library Monday evening. When he entered the library, he proudly carried a book bag in his mouth and trotted around to different groups while entranced children said hello. The group expanded quickly as more and more children and their parents came to meet Repo, the dog so smart he helps kids read. TEACHERS PARODY VIDEO A group of Minnesota elementary teachers tapped into their video parody skills to get their students to relax before statewide achievement tests. Six teachers at Turtle Lake Elementary School rewrote the lyrics to the popular song Let It Go from Disneys movie Frozen, then filmed themselves performing it and posted the video online. Their message to students was to just relax as they headed into statewide Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments. COLUMBUS DAY After more than two years of pushing to rename Columbus Day, Red Wing history teacher Scott Bender was forced to make an impassioned plea just before the final vote was held Monday night. His words changed the minds of at least three councilors, paving the way for Red Wing to become the first city in Minnesota to rename the national holiday — celebrated Oct. 12 — that was formally created in 1937.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:16:18 +0000
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