The Weekly Scramble

The MEA school break has become a great grift in the education system.
Interesting data as it related to the upcoming election and the 2030 census.
Washington girls walk off cross country meet in protest of male athlete, parents reveal how it came to this.
Holly Burns and about a dozen other girls walked away from a cross-country race in Washington on Tuesday.
They refused to compete against a male athlete who had started the season racing on the boys’ team.
When the race began, half of the girls competing, and the male athlete, took off running.
Burns and the other half of the girls slowly walked forward past the starting line, and then into the nearby tree line, sacrificing one of their high school competitions.
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How is the 18-year-old accused of shooting two people outside Eden Prairie's homecoming game already out on bail?
He posted $100K bail through a bonding company, without paying the full amount.
President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who worked briefly at the Department of Homeland Security, holds her first briefing.
Cornell University said Tuesday it is suspending all “parties and social events” at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year amid an uproar over a former student’s allegation that she was sexually assaulted by members of the campus Chi Phi chapter nearly two years ago.
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A Milwaukee woman is facing six felony charges after she allegedly impersonated a substitute teacher at a Milwaukee Public Schools high school last month.
Amy Jones, 23, was charged with impersonating a public employee, a felony, and five felony counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions.
According to the criminal complaint, Jones walked into Rufus King International High School on the morning of Sept. 24 and represented herself as a substitute teacher.

Minnesota state trooper rescues 2 people inside burning home, third person in critical condition
A Minnesota state trooper is being hailed as a hero after rushing into a burning Minneapolis home to save two people in the Seward neighborhood on Thursday morning, according to the Minneapolis Fire Department.
The state trooper was near 910 29th Avenue South at around 1 a.m. when they noticed flames coming from the back and heavy smoke surrounding the two-story home.
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After more than 100 shots were fired overnight on Harriet Avenue in Bloomington, Police Chief Booker Hodges addressed the shooting and recent west metro gun violence. During the news conference, he described what he sees as differences among young people involved in Somali-American gangs.

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For the first time in a long time we are actually optimistic about the state of Minnesota because of Lisa Demuth.
Former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is now single and ready to mingle.
Matt Kalil has his lawsuit dismissed over the size of his swimsuit area.
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