GRASP Program Helping Students Retain Info During Summer
Now that we are into the month of June, schools are starting to close for the summer. Tuesday is the last day of class in Minneapolis, and St. Paul public schools get out on Friday.
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Now that we are into the month of June, schools are starting to close for the summer. Tuesday is the last day of class in Minneapolis, and St. Paul public schools get out on Friday.
For struggling families living paycheck to paycheck, internet deals offering a short-term payday loan can appear appealing. But for many customers, what was intended to help them out when they are short of cash, can quickly grow into long-term headaches.
Think about Jamaican food, and you probably think about jerk chicken. It's unique spicy flavor that comes from a rub or marinade, and from a special kind of wood that's only being imported by one Twin Cities man.
No raking the leaves, no condo association fees and no mortgage. They're all reasons that are pushing many people to rental housing in the Twin Cities as high-end apartments pop up all around the metro.
As soon as the snow melted, we saw all sorts of food trucks pop up around downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. But food isn't the only thing you can find on wheels. A Minnesota woman has turned a cleaning truck into the hottest mobile store.
Google glass is a wearable computer. Developers are getting a chance to try out the futuristic shades first so they can give input and create apps.
Two United States Senators were in St. Paul Thursday, pushing for federal money to fix what they say is a national crisis on the Mississippi River.
Minnesota lawmakers went out of their way to put a dent in property taxes by heaping hundreds of millions of new dollars into state allowances to schools and local governments. They also bolstered programs that supply direct-to-homeowner tax credits.
Before you blame the messenger for gas prices still hovering around $4 per gallon, service station owners want you to know something: They're hurting, too. The biggest pinch comes from credit and debit card fees, charges which rise in lockstep with soaring pump prices.
One person's investment is another person's traffic jam, which is at least the way Minneapolis is looking at it.
If you're just returning from a trip to the cabin, you know summer tick season is in full swing. With that comes the threat of infection, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Minnesota is one of the leading states for tick infection.
There are teenagers who move half way around the world to Minnesota…for high school. Nearly 24,000 Chinese students study in private American high schools. Hundreds of them are here in Minnesota with the goal of competing in a global world.
Poverty is growing faster in Twin Cities suburbs than in most areas of the country, according to a recent report.
Our late snow and cloudy, wet spring is doing a number on the lawn service industry. Already this May we've seen 4.75 inches of rain. That's nearly two inches above normal.
This cold, rainy weather doesn't really make you want to run out and buy a tank top or flip-flops. In fact, experts say the weather and economy are the two biggest factors when it comes to buying clothes.
