Pep bands can provide a soundtrack to Friday night high school football games. The Sauk Rapids-Rice band takes pride in doing this every time the Storm play at home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.