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Duluth schools recommend combination of in-person and distance learning
Duluth schools officials are recommending that elementary students start the year in school, with older students attending class primarily online. The school board meets Thursday to consider the proposal.
Foreign workers living overseas mistakenly received $1,200 U.S. stimulus checks
Thousands of foreign workers who entered the U.S. on temporary work visas received $1,200 pandemic stimulus checks in error, and many of them are spending the money in their home countries.
2 Iowa schools rebuff governor's return demand
At least two school districts in Iowa are refusing to follow the governor’s demand that they return students to classrooms, rebuffing the idea that the state can override what local officials believe is the safest way to educate their children as coronavirus spreads in their counties.