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🌱 Could budget cuts reshape Riverland’s Owatonna campus in coming years?

Coming up: Around The World Camp on the Owatonna Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Could budget cuts reshape Riverland's Owatonna campus in coming years?

Also on today's calendar: Around The World Camp and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Friday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 61, low: 46.
  • Saturday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UMN and Minnesota State navigate budget challenges (kaaltv.com) — State budget pressures on the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State systems could eventually affect Riverland's Owatonna campus, along with several other regional colleges. Leaders warn that ongoing funding gaps, rising costs, and limited tuition increases may force restructuring, mergers, or other changes as they try to keep higher education affordable and accessible across Minnesota.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • CLEAN RIVER PARTNERS: The many lives of Circle Lake Island (hometownsource.com)
  • Spud-tacular tradition has families dig in at Potato Field Days (dl-online.com)
  • Buccaneers hold off JWP, Faribault and Kenyon-Wanamingo both lose (hometownsource.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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