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Student taking geography knowledge to state

Above: Andrew Alsworth, an eighth-grader at Martin County West, points to an area on the Mediterranean Sea that his class is studying. Alsworth has qualified to participate in the state geography bee next month.
March 20, 2010

TRIMONT — Eighth-grader Andrew Alsworth has been fascinated with maps since an early age. “I’ve been looking at maps for a long time, even when I was little,” he said. “In this filing cabinet my dad has, I’d take the maps of D.C. out and I’d look at them. Then I got an atlas, and now I spend a lot of time on Google Earth.” His interest has paid off. He has qualified to participate in the state geography bee in April. Alsworth, son of Tom and Roberta Alsworth of rural Sherburn, won the school geography bee when he went against the top 10 students in grades 4-8. School-level winners are then given a test that is submitted to the National Geographic Society. Alsworth’s score was in the top 100, qualifying him for state competition. To get ready for the competition, Alsworth has worked ahead on lessons for Asia and Africa. But as it turns out, there aren’t a lot of areas in the world Alsworth hasn’t already studied on his own.

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Project is 1 of many: Competition tough for federal funds

March 18, 2010

FAIRMONT — Sometimes it’s good to know you’re not alone. And then again, sometimes it isn’t — like when you’re applying for a federal grant to help pay for a new water treatment plant.

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Dispute settled between city, township

March 18, 2010

CEYLON — It’s a great deal, but who pays?

That’s a question the city of Ceylon and townships of Lake Belt and Tenhanssen have been asking for the past year and a half, sometimes leading to heated discussions and clashes between the two...

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County looks at workers to trim budget

March 18, 2010

BLUE EARTH — Faribault County Commissioners weighed personnel changes this week, given a looming $389,000 cut in state aid.

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Authority: Kak's loan deliquent

March 17, 2010

FAIRMONT — There was no public notice of Kak’s closure, only the snow building up in front of the restaurant.

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County: State plan will hurt

March 17, 2010

FAIRMONT — Most drivers will agree that Highway 15 south of Fairmont is in rough shape.

The good news is the Minnesota Department of Transportation plans a new overlay; the bad news is it won’t occur until 2012.

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