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Letter written by Jim Backstrom to Tom Kirchner, Simley High School Science teacher, regarding the Minnesota Supreme Court Rulings on usage of sufficient DNA evidence in the Corrine Erstad court case

After Robert Guevara was acquitted on all accounts, the Erstad family began planning a funeral for their lost 5 year old, Corrine, but also unexpectedly lost their prematurely born daughter Maggie on March 3, a little less than a month after the…

These are Current Hmong Farmers farming near some houses in Inver Grove Heights.

Pheifer describes how the trial unfolded with all the DNA evidence but Guevara was still acquitted on all accounts. Jim Backstrom spoke out about the effects of the case and how it not only affected him but the community. Then, Torres explains the…

Description of Chief Medicine Bottle in relation to his death by Dr. Asa W. Daniels (a government physician at the Red Wood agency)

Information surrounding the new high school in Inver Grove Heights will be given to the public.

Dianne Stiffler Korfhage details her life in Inver Grove Heights, The Creation of the historic Salem shrine, and the lives of her late husband Jerry Stiffler, along with her current husband Ralph Korfhage. Both Jerry Stiffler and Ralph Korfhages…

While there are new public schools for primary students in ISD 199, secondary students will have to look to SSP for schooling.

The schoolhouse for Common School District #9, built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. Closed in the late 1950s, according to local historian Lois Glewwe, when the district merged with Rosemount, the building remains standing at Rich…

A timeline demonstrating the progress of African Americans at Simley High School.