Earliest Memory

One of my first memories was when I was around the age of 7. My best friend Rachel and I had built a fort outside in my background while my Dad was sleeping and my Mom was at work. It was just a simple tarp over a big canopy swing but we always had fun believing it was some fairy tale place where no one could ever reach us unless we said it was okay. Rachel has always had a bit of a sweet tooth so everyday we would sneak out of that fort and into my kitchen with my Dad sleeping right there and grab all the candy and cookies we could find, and then we would bring them back to the fort and feast on our good fortune.

My first day with ARCC

My very first day going to class at ARCC I was 17 years old, and was a post secondary student through Monticello Senior Highschool. One of my best friends was also doing PSEO and had all the same classes as I did. We had absolutly no idea where we were going when we got into the school and got very lost looking for our classrooms. Eventually when we did find our class we realized that we had another kid from Monticello in that class as well, who graduated two years before us. We were also late walking into the class room, not only because we were lost in the school but highway 10 had construction on it and was really backed up.
We were done with class by 11 A.M and needed to head back to the school but we were starving and stopped for food on the way back to the highschool. We needed to be into our highschool rooms by 11:58A.M and it takes us at least 40 minutes to get home. Needless to say we were late to that too.

Rape charges against Coon Rapids bar bouncer dropped

In February Russel Ruzin was accused of raping two women at a bar that he worked as a bouncer at. The charges were dropped this week when evidence came in saying that one of the women and Ruzin were found earlier in the day kissing with both partners in concent.

-Paul Wash, Star Tribune Online

Early this morning The City’s Police Department was called in because of a bad crash on I-790. Two tractor trailers created a chain reaction build up when the collided. The build up included 14 cars and four tractor trailers.
One truck driver is especially thankful for his life today when Police Officials noted that his truck full of diesel fuel could have easily crashed or spilled and caught on fire. Part of this man’s truck was damaged when another car collided into it, but after a struggle the truck driver managed to pull it to a full stop on the side of the road.
There were however, some less fortunate souls on the road earlier today. Two people driving earlier were killed in the build up and a remarkable 20 were injured and hospitalized but are still thankfully alive. Four out of these 20 injured were in serious condition. Firefighters came to the rescue and at the scene had to cut tops off of three cars. Drivers and passengers’ who were trapped inside had the help of all five surrounding fire departments. Ambulances and the “Life Flight” rescue helicopter also played a big role in that morning’s events. Two of the four severe injuries were flown 50 miles away to the Trauma Center in Statesville.
Sullivan’s firefighting crew claimed the crash looked like a deadly war zone when they arrived. Bodies were lying along the road; people covered in blood were sitting next to their cars. Even emergency workers added to the chaotic scene while running back and fourth trying to help the injured. All the while sirens were wailing away with the new emergency help arrivals. Sullivan told our reporters that in the eighteen and a half years he’s been serving with the Fire Department he has never seen anything that bad. Emergency help was having problems just finding whose car belonged to whom, and who was a driver and who was a passenger. The entire highway I-790 has been closed until further notice.

Mother of harassment victim disputes other students' claims

A student in the Anoka-Hennepin area claims he was harassed by a teacher, and was forced 20 miles away from his home to seek peace. These teachers were found to have been harassing him because they believed he is gay. Merritt was granted $25,000 for his suffering.

-Star Tribune online