Saturday, June 27, 2009

IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK

NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA NEWS AND NOTES

(Casselton)--Central Cass Schools' interim superintendent is back in school after a hiatus. Mark Weston, of Fargo has most recently been running a lawn-care and snow removal company. Weston's 20-year education resume' includes administrative stints at various Minnesota and North Dakota schools, including Moorhead, and Wolford. Weston says he decided to apply after one candidate for the job declined an offer and the other two finalists withdrew (Cass County Reporter)


(Fargo)--A man accused of of possessing over 600,000 images of child pornography will be going to a halfway house. U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Klein ordered the detention citing concerns over Robert Scheiring's current house arrest arrangement. Schiering has been under house arrest, where his wife and three children also live, since May.
Schiering is a former Blue Cross/Blue Shield official. Reports say he had viewed some of the images at work. (Fargo Forum)

(West Fargo)--West Fargo's Kindergarten centers have names just in time for the coming academic year. The two centers will be named the Clayton A. Lodoen and the Osgood Kindergarten Center. The two centers will have the same school hours: Monday through Friday 7:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (West Fargo Pioneer)

(Moorhead)--Concordia College's Residential Dining Manager will be serving a national post. Cindy Hogensen will be serving on the National College and University Food Service national nutritional committee. Hogensen has worked at Concordia College for ten years in various dietetic, food service, and nutrition capacities.



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