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GRAND OLD DAY: Flint Hills Resources is thrilled to be this year’s sponsor of the Grand Old Day parade. Flint Hills employees, families and friends will be showing their Saint Paul pride as they hand out giveaways alongside one of the Pine Bend refinery’s fire trucks. New this year, Flint Hills Resources engineers will demonstrate how science is really fun (and tasty) at the Future Innovators Zone. Kids can learn how to make their very own ice cream at home. Be sure to stop by on June 7! LEARN MORE: Grand Old Day (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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THIS MONTH: Via St. Paul author Peg Guilfoyle, VERBATIM: “The latest edition of America’s Report Card gives the United States a grade of D+ in happiness. U.S. happiness is falling at one of the fastest rates in the developed world. As the National Day of Joy approaches on June 24, one expert, Peg Guilfoyle, hopes Americans take time to find the joy most everyone seems to need more of.” TIPS: https://fluence-media.co/43OyeNf
THIS MONTH: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Excitement is building locally and around the globe for the 50th Grandma’s Marathon, which has runners getting prepared. That includes plenty of runners who are making Grandma’s Marathon their first ever. 20,000 Grandma’s Marathon runners are excited to hear the phrase ‘Ready, set, go’ on June 20.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4vac8B7
RESCUE: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “A Minnesota-based animal rescue will be closing its doors permanently. Launched in 2009, Wags & Whiskers Animal Rescue of Minnesota is a volunteer-run, nonprofit animal rescue organization. It doesn’t have a facility or shelter and relies on foster homes to house animals as they wait to be adopted.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RGeKI3
1,000 MILES: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “A Brooklyn Park teacher is going the extra mile for his students. Actually, he’s going an extra 1,000 miles down one of the nation’s great rivers.” QUOTE: “So that’s my personal challenge, and that I’m looking forward to as my own physical challenge,” Tyler Sassaman told CCX News ahead of his trek down the Mississippi. “Putting in at the headwaters in Lake Itasca and paddling all the way down. It goes north—that’s why I did that. The Mississippi goes north to Bemidji. And then it comes down to Hannibal, Missouri, is the goal.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4e0iCMN
BLOOMINGTON: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “At an end-of-school-year rally at Normandale Hill Elementary, things kicked off with hundreds of students singing the school song . . . It’s a bright spot, considering this school year was marked by several events that weighed heavily on students and families, including a shooting at the Annunciation Church and School and increased immigration enforcement across the Twin Cities. ‘I feel like since COVID, I’ve been waiting for the normal year,’ said Mr. Zupfer, the school’s music teacher who composed the school song years ago . . . But in those difficult moments, Zupfer–or Mr. Z as he’s known by his students–has been using songs to remind kids that they aren’t alone.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/49JNgHD
MEDIA: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “A national group of education journalists has lauded Sahan Journal reporter Becky Z. Dernbach for her yearlong project on two immigrant students at Andersen Middle School in Minneapolis. Dernbach received a 2025 feature writing award on June 3 at the Education Writers Association conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The awards recognize the top education reporting in the country.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4vtQ6sD
CASS COUNTY: Via Brainerd Dispatch, VERBATIM: “Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Cooper Severson was honored for his life-saving efforts during a medical emergency earlier this spring. Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk presented Severson with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Life Saving Award during the Tuesday, June 2, regular County Board meeting in recognition of his actions during a medical emergency on April 5.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ub9Fop
ROCHESTER: Via Agweek, VERBATIM: “Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick checked the weather forecast before sending out a seed-sowing event invitation for the next day to volunteers at the Slatterly Park Community Food Forest. They had squash seeds that needed to get in the ground, raspberries needed trimming and the soil temperatures were finally ideal for planting, she said. A group showed up. Volunteers, young and old, came from school and work, by car, bike or foot to the food forest located in a park in southeast Rochester.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43kEgFc
EVELETH: Via WDIO-TV, VERBATIM: “An exciting time for the Eveleth Elks Lodge 1161, which has more than 350 members. They just donated $125,000 to five community organizations. This happened on Saturday at the Community Appreciation Dinner. The five groups didn’t know how much they were receiving until the dinner.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3SloZBC
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