Local Interest

  NJPA to host ENVoY training for Early Childhood educators and daycare/child care providers Nov 15 Working with children is one of the most rewarding and important jobs. It is also one of the most challenging as evidenced by a shortage of daycare providers and a staff turnover rate of 30% among early childhood staff, according to the National Association for the … [Read more...] about Working with Children? Consider Nonverbal Communication

St. Cloud, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking public comment regarding mowing and haying in ditches and other rights of way along state roadways.   The listening session will take place on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the MnDOT Training and Conference Center, 3725 12th St. N, St. Cloud MN. Officials from the Minnesota Department … [Read more...] about MnDOT hosts listening session Thursday, Nov. 9 in St. Cloud regarding mowing/haying on state right of way

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is taking public comments on the Freight Investment Plan. The plan will help the agency and its stakeholders make freight capital improvements that improve freight mobility, safety and first- and last-mile connections over the next 10 years. “The Freight Investment Plan addresses some of the freight transportation … [Read more...] about MnDOT invites public comments on Freight Investment Plan

Harvest up by less than a percent Minnesota firearms hunters registered 70,724 deer during the first two days of deer season, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Preliminary numbers from opening weekend show that the number of deer registered was essentially the same as from 2016. Of the deer harvested, 57 percent were bucks, compared to 67 percent of the first … [Read more...] about Hunters register 70,724 deer during first weekend of season

ST. PAUL, Minn. – November is the peak time for deer-vehicle crashes in the state, so motorists should watch for them and drive cautiously, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The main reason for the increase in vehicle crashes is that the deer mating season occurs in November. Increased deer movement coupled with a reduction in daylight hours increase … [Read more...] about November is peak month for deer-vehicle crashes