The cost to educate students, maintain the building they learn in and pay administrators varies dramatically between Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City’s two elementary schools.

ACGC School Board members compared the costs to operate North Elementary School in Atwater and South Elementary in Cosmos.  Both schools serve kindergarten through fourth grade students, with 237 students enrolled last year at North and 83 enrolled at South.

A.B.A.T.E. of Minnesota (American Bikers for Awareness, Training and Education) will have its 22nd annual motorcycle rally Friday through Monday at the Meeker County Fairgrounds in Litchfield. The event is open to the public.

Among the many activities will be a memorial service, memorial run, mud olympics, bike games, bike show, chili contest, tattoo contest, fashion show, food court, vendors, and hay wagon rides, as well as a raffle.

A 14-year-old playing with matches likely caused a fire that destroyed a Darwin garage Friday.

By Mike Clifford
MINNESOTA NEWS CONNECTION

For many students, aptitude tests and visits with professionals help guide the course of a career. For four local women, however, the summer held a hands-on career exploration of the health-care field at Lakeview Ranch in Darwin and Dassel.