Young America News

Getting through downtown Asadabad, Afghanistan, has become easier for hundreds of Afghan families, thanks to two and a half miles of new roads that were completed Dec.

On the first day of the critical week of United Nations climate negotiations, young elected officials in Copenhagen and in the United States called on President Obama and Congress to secure a strong agreement that will grow clean energy jobs and address climate change.

Student groups will build a wall on the St. Cloud State University campus to signify the government policies they believe have been detrimental to liberty in the United States.

The Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced the list of area high school students named as Young Americans for September.

South Lake Tahoe native Ashley Kern , works with a student participant in Japan during a Young Americans workshop.

More from West Metro For several years, Carver County officials have been trying to force Lowell and Janet Carlson to replace the septic system on their Norwood-Young America farm, finally threatening them with a jail sentence earlier this month if they did not comply.

Advertised as a non-profit corporation teaching a non-aggressive, non-counterstriking style of self-defense and safety, Young Americans Schools of Self-Defense is the largest children's self-defense and safety awareness program in the United States.

Marie Agnes Brazil, age 89 of Green Isle passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at her residence.

A three-day railroad tour of the 95-mile Minnesota Prairie Line between Hanley Falls and Norwood-Young America gets under way Tuesday with stops in Arlington, Gaylord and Gibbon.

Public institutions are the anti-christ. She should move the rally to the Living Word and add Mac Hammond to the list of speakers.

Hastings School District superintendent Tim Collins realizes it's not an easy sell to convince voters to ante up for mundane things like new roofs and heating systems.

Two people died and four others were critically injured in a three-car crash Saturday afternoon in Carver County.

The school year is beginning, and books that help to extend knowledge are always useful.

Officer Preston Voigt, the newest member of the Lester Prairie Police Department, said there was never any doubt that law enforcement would be his career choice.

"Academics, like teenagers, sometimes don't have any sense regarding the degree to which they are conformists." So says Thomas Bouchard, the Minnesota psychologist known for his study of twins raised apart, in a retirement interview with Constance Holden in the journal Science.

For country music lovers in McLeod, Meeker, western Carver, and southern Wright counties, Glencoe's new radio station is sure to become a preset.

THE next monthly Fleamarket car boot sale is planned to take place in Sleaford market Place on Saturday July 18 and this time as well as stalls there will be a visit from Rally For One, a young American band currently touring the UK.

Just a few months ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty argued Minnesota's manufacturers should be exempt from paying sales tax on major equipment purchases.

Battery International recognized the need for an easy-to-use website that took the hassle and confusion out of finding replacement batteries for all types of equipment.

For many, an engineering degree is a defining characteristic, but for Jennifer Strain, it is just one of many outstanding accomplishments.