Glyndon News

Clay County Commissioner Jerry Waller is due in court on charges that he slapped a male high school student during a shop class in May.

Lynn Bormann, an elementary school principal in the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton school district, was hired as principal at Marine and Withrow Elementary Schools and Chuck Ochocki, dean of students at South St.

Two controversies involving schools, kids and flags have made recent news in Minnesota.

A school board in western Minnesota is still torn as to whether its students should be forced to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, reports the AP .

A Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton student handbook rule requiring students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance survived a disapproving letter from the American Civil Liberties Union and the advice of the ...

I would like to thank Hillcrest Lutheran Academy and the Fergus Falls Middle School and Staffs for working with us to make the Young Eagles program a success.

Regarding the Dilworth-Glyndon-Fenton students who refused to stand during the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance, yes, it's true. via St. Cloud Times Online

“Students who refuse to participate in the pledge cannot be punished for refusing to participate”

Three eighth graders from western Minnesota were suspended May 8 for not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. via Herald Journal

A heads-up for public school districts: You may want to dust off your student handbooks and reread Pledge of Allegiance rules. via The Mankato Free Press

“This issue represents a classic 'teachable moment' where the school can help to instill the values of good citizenship by modeling respect for the U.S. Constitution and the rights and values that our flag represents.”

Brandt Dahl wasn't exactly aiming for the Student of the Year Award when he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance last week at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High near Moorhead. via Star Tribune

“These three [students] didn't, and they got caught”

Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be ... via Seattle Times

“Students can respectfully not participate in the Pledge of Allegiance.”

Three eighth-graders in western Minnesota didn't want to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. via MNspeak.com

Three eighth-graders in western Minnesota returned to class today after they were suspended for not standing during the pledge of allegiance. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

“He was an amazing teacher for me, and taught me about the glaciers and lakes and rocks and all that”

As much as she draws inspiration from her students at Hopkins North Junior High, Carleen Gulstad says she thinks, too, of her older brother, Cedric. via Minnesota Public Radio

Eds: APNewsNow. AP Photo planned BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. A Hopkins educator is Minnesota's Teacher of the Year. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Rebels prevailed over Pelican Rapids in a 17-11 slugfest Thursday. via Daily Journal

The Minnesota State Patrol this afternoon released the identity of a pedestrian struck by a car and killed Sunday night in Glyndon. via WDAY

Authorities said a 42-year-old man died when he was hit by a car in Glyndon, Minn.

The Minnesota State Patrol said the man was hit on Highway 10 in town at about 10 p.m. Sunday.

The patrol said witnesses said the man had tried to run across the road but slipped and fell into the path of the car.

Authorities said the driver was not injured and was interviewed.

Sgt. Randy Harms of the State Patrol said the vehicle's speed, drugs and alcohol were not factors in the accident. Read more

A pedestrian was killed Sunday night after running across a highway and being struck by a car, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. via St. Paul Pioneer Press

“He brought peace to the district.”

Interim Breckenridge Superintendent Greg East will vie for his job with four retired Minnesota superintendents - ' including an administrator who in 2003 took over a troubled Barnesville School District that ... via WDAY