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Shocking footage has emerged showing a huge brawl between students at a Minneapolis high school. The lunch time fight at Lakeville North High School reportedly saw police called to the premises. Students were also threatened with disciplinary action if the they re-shared the video which was posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Lakeville North High School Principal Kim Budde said, “Any student found sharing or posting video of these incidents will face the possibility of disciplinary action.”

The principal at Kenwood Trail Middle School in Lakeville, Minn., advertised a “day of silence” during which students refrained from speaking to protest for LGBTQ causes. The principal, Kelly McDermott, promoted the event, which took place late last week, on the school’s Schoology page. “Tomorrow … is a Day [sic] of silence. This is a day where lgbtq [sic] members and their allies vow to not speak for the entirety of the day,” she posted. “We realize that a bunch of students not speaking for an entire day may be inconvenient or stressful, but we would like our school to...

Native American and white parents of multi-racial students at Lakeville Area Schools, alongside other Lakeville parents and students, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the posting of Black Lives Matter posters on school property, claiming the schools refuse to post divergent views such as "All Lives Matter" and Blue Lives Matter posters. The lawsuit is filed against Independent School District 194 and Superintendent Michael Baumann. The plaintiffs named in the suit include Bob and Cynthia Cajune, Kaylynn Kay Aker, Lion 194, and others who are not identified. The lawsuit states Black Lives Matter posters were posted on school property in...

The second-largest Lutheran congregation in Minnesota has decided that it is not going to wait any longer to withdraw from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) over the denomination's August vote to permit gay preachers. In his November newsletter to the members of Hosanna Lutheran Church in Lakeville, the Rev. Bill Bohline said that the church is going to scrap its original plan to wait six to eight months . . .

LAKEVILLE, Mass -- Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol that represents eastern religious beliefs carved into the green. Lakeville Country Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning. Police believe the vandals meant to carve a swastika next to President Barack Obama's name on the 18th hole; however, the symbol was backwards and means hope and peace in some Eastern countries. The vandals snuck in at night to carve their message, according to the owner of the country club.

McCain Town Hall style meeting coming up! Watch it live!

The saga of a Lakeville South High School student banned from home football games took another turn Wednesday -- he'll get to sit in the stands with his friends during football games after all. Donovan Sullivan was kicked out of the stadium two weeks ago for holding up a sign supporting the opposing team. Lakeville south was playing Lakeville North. He said he was bored with the game and did it as a joke. The dean personally removed Sullivan from the game. The school initially told the student that because of what he did, he would no longer be able...

Lakeville, Mass. -- They may be separated by no more than a liquor store counter, a yard fence or a narrow road strewn with the withered oak leaves of autumn. The constant images of George W. Bush and John Kerry on their television screens have been replaced by scenes of fighting in Fallujah and the death of Yasser Arafat. But the rifts in this small Massachusetts town, almost two weeks after the presidential election, remain so deep and so persistent that friends and neighbors wonder whether they can ever be repaired. "We have to unite, or else we're going to...