AM 1240 WJON » Sauk Rapids-Rice http://wjon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:43:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Granite City Classic Boys Hockey Tournament http://wjon.com/granite-city-classic-boys-hockey-tournament/ http://wjon.com/granite-city-classic-boys-hockey-tournament/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:07:55 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=104551 The Granite City Classic boys hockey tourmament or the St. Cloud Invite begins tonight at the MAC in St. Cloud. The 2 games scheduled for today are Sauk Rapids-Rice vs. Tech at 5:15 before Apollo plays Cathedral at 7:15. The tournament continues through Saturday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/granite-city-classic-boys-hockey-tournament/feed/ 0 Seth Toupal UPDATE: St. Cloud Schools Lift 'Containment', No Major Incidents Reported At Area Schools http://wjon.com/police-schools-deal-with-social-media-rumors-no-issues/ http://wjon.com/police-schools-deal-with-social-media-rumors-no-issues/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:43:31 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=156969 It's been quiet so far today (Friday) at our area schools. They have been on heightened alert, due to some social media rumors involving the one-week anniversary of the Connecticut school shooting, as well as the end of the Mayan Calendar today.

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]]> http://wjon.com/police-schools-deal-with-social-media-rumors-no-issues/feed/ 0 04deveni, Flickr Operating Levy Finally Passes in Sauk Rapids-Rice [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/146761/ http://wjon.com/146761/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:53:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=146761 For the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district, the fourth time was the charm. Voters this week passed an operating levy for $1.7 million a year for the next six years. Levy questions had failed three previous times in recent years.

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]]> http://wjon.com/146761/feed/ 0 Sauk Rapids-Rice Superintendent Makes Pitch for Operating Levy [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:57:58 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=144641 Sauk Rapids-Rice residents have an operating levy question on their ballot again this year. It will ask for $1.7 million a year for six years.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman UPDATE: School Buses at Sauk Rapids-Rice 2 Hours Late http://wjon.com/power-outage-delaying-school-buses-at-sauk-rapids-rice/ http://wjon.com/power-outage-delaying-school-buses-at-sauk-rapids-rice/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:31:02 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=139444 There is a power outage that's affecting the Sauk Rapids-Rice school buses. Superintendent Dan Bittman says the buses can't get out of the bus garage, which means they aren't able to pick-up the kids at their regular time.

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]]> http://wjon.com/power-outage-delaying-school-buses-at-sauk-rapids-rice/feed/ 0 Cast a Line, Flickr SR-R Board Approves Levy Question for November Ballot http://wjon.com/sr-r-board-approves-levy-question-for-november-ballot/ http://wjon.com/sr-r-board-approves-levy-question-for-november-ballot/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:58:58 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=126626 Residents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district will be asked to approve a tax levy in November. Superintendent Dan Bittman says the school board has unanimously approved putting one question on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sr-r-board-approves-levy-question-for-november-ballot/feed/ 0 League of Women Voters California, flickr Sauk Rapids-Rice Considering Operating Levy [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:31:48 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=119847 The Sauk Rapids-Rice school board is considering asking voters again to approve another operating levy. District residents voted down two levy questions last November.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman St. Cloud Area High Schools Plan Graduation Ceremonies http://wjon.com/area-high-schools-plan-graduation-ceremonies/ http://wjon.com/area-high-schools-plan-graduation-ceremonies/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 05:30:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=101015 It's graduation season for our area high schools. Do you know a graduate this year? Give them your best wishes on our story.

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]]> http://wjon.com/area-high-schools-plan-graduation-ceremonies/feed/ 0 Pleasantview Principal Heading to Saudi Arabia [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/pleasantview-principal-heading-to-saudi-arabia-audio/ http://wjon.com/pleasantview-principal-heading-to-saudi-arabia-audio/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:39:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=96739 A Sauk Rapids principal and his family are about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Pleasantview principal Nate Swenson has taken a one-year leave of absence from the district so he can be a principal at a middle school in Saudi Arabia.

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]]> http://wjon.com/pleasantview-principal-heading-to-saudi-arabia-audio/feed/ 0 Nate Swenson Sauk Rapids-Rice Settles Teacher Contract http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-settles-teacher-contract/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-settles-teacher-contract/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:54:56 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=91061 The Sauk Rapids-Rice school district has settled the contract with it's teachers union. The school board approved the contract for this school year and next year at last (Monday) night's meeting.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-settles-teacher-contract/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Sauk Rapids-Rice Students Place Well at Cooking Competition http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-students-place-well-at-cooking-competition/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-students-place-well-at-cooking-competition/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:34:14 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=81515 A group of Sauk Rapids-Rice students took top honors at a cooking and restaurant competition. The Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation hosted the event in St. Paul.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-students-place-well-at-cooking-competition/feed/ 0 Hospitality Minnesota SR-R to Trim $760K from District Budget [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sr-r-to-trim-760k-from-district-budget-audio/ http://wjon.com/sr-r-to-trim-760k-from-district-budget-audio/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:38:30 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=80959 The Sauk Rapids-Rice school district needs to trim nearly $760,000 from next year's budget. The cuts are necessary because voters in the district voted against a proposed operating levy last November.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sr-r-to-trim-760k-from-district-budget-audio/feed/ 0 SR-R Superintendent Explains Levy Questions [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/ http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:43:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=46411 Voters in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district are being asked to go to the polls on November 8th. The district has put two operating levy questions on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman Schools Host Information Sessions on Operating Levies http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/ http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:06:09 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=42481 Two area school districts are hosting public meetings on their operating levies.

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]]> http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/feed/ 0 Getty Images Enrollment Increases at the St. Cloud Metro Area Schools http://wjon.com/enrollment-increases-at-the-st-cloud-metro-area-schools/ http://wjon.com/enrollment-increases-at-the-st-cloud-metro-area-schools/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:38:59 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=35082 Enrollment is up for the St. Cloud metro area schools. For just the high schools, Sauk Rapid-Rice has passed Apollo making it the second largest high school in the metro behind Tech.

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]]> http://wjon.com/enrollment-increases-at-the-st-cloud-metro-area-schools/feed/ 0 Cast a Line, Flickr Sauk Rapids-Rice Voters To Decide On Two Levy Questions http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:27:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=27417 Voters in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district will be going to the polls in November. Last (Monday) night the school board approved putting two operating levy questions on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/feed/ 0 ISD47.org Area School Boards To Decide On Levy Questions Tonight http://wjon.com/area-school-board-to-decide-on-levy-questions-tonight/ http://wjon.com/area-school-board-to-decide-on-levy-questions-tonight/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:54:39 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=27282 Operating levies will be the main topic of discussion at two area school board meetings tonight (Monday). Sartell-St. Stephen has a $1.2 million levy that's set to expire this year. Meanwhile, the Sauk Rapids-Rice school board will also vote tonight on whether to put a $938,000 operating levy on the November ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/area-school-board-to-decide-on-levy-questions-tonight/feed/ 0 Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board Considers Levy Question [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:45 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=25757 Sauk Rapids-Rice is one of several school districts across the state considering asking their voters to raise their own taxes. Sauk Rapids-Rice is one of just 36 districts in the state that doesn't currently have an operating levy.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/feed/ 0 ISD47.org Graduation Ceremonies Planned For Area High Schools http://wjon.com/graduation-ceremonies-planned-for-area-high-schools/ http://wjon.com/graduation-ceremonies-planned-for-area-high-schools/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 05:53:22 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=16036 The high schools around the St. Cloud area are all hosting graduation ceremonies in the comings days. St. Cloud Apollo has their commencement at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at the St. Cloud Civic Center. Seniors at St. Cloud Tech will get their diplomas tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. also at the Civic Center.

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]]> http://wjon.com/graduation-ceremonies-planned-for-area-high-schools/feed/ 0 istock photo Survey Suggests Sauk Rapids-Rice Residents Open To Operating Levy http://wjon.com/survey-suggests-sauk-rapids-rice-residents-open-to-operating-levy/ http://wjon.com/survey-suggests-sauk-rapids-rice-residents-open-to-operating-levy/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:39:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12411 A new survey suggests residents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district would be willing to increase their own property taxes. However, a majority of the respondents either work in the district or have students in the district. In general, 65% of the participants supported an increase in property taxes to maintain class sizes, provide additional transportation, and update student technology.

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