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Northern Minnesota community college offers cannabis classes

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January 27, 2024

Northern Minnesota community college offers cannabis classes

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is offering the first cannabis industry classes in northern Minnesota.

M State has campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The cannabis certificates will all be nine-week classes offered online.

Cannabis training company Green Flower will provide the content for the certificate classes.

“This was a fairly low risk for us,” said Craig Beytien, M State Vice President of Strategic Engagement. “There wasn’t a lot of upfront cost to bringing these programs to Minnesota State. It’s an evolving market. But we just judged that this seemed like a prudent path to go down and we’ll see how that plays out.”

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Minnesota became the 23rd state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use in 2023. Retail sales are expected to begin in 2025.

Nationally, analysts predict strong job growth in the cannabis industry.

St. Cloud State University and St. Paul College previously announced they would offer similar certificate programs.

Students taking the M State online classes can earn certificates in cannabis cultivation, retail or extraction and product development.

“With adult use cannabis now legal in Minnesota, we are seeing tremendous interest in the growing cannabis industry and are thrilled at the opportunity for people to gain the knowledge and expertise to be successful in this industry through our partnership,” said Green Flower Chief Growth Officer Daniel Kalef.

The classes will cover a range of topics from business skills to cannabis cultivation and product development.

Beytien sees potential for expansion in the future if demand is strong enough.

“It’s fairly typical that things develop out of non-credit programs and demand explodes and suddenly now there’s institutions of higher learning providing diploma level or degree level programs,” said Beytien. “That certainly could happen in this case.”

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Mid-morning Minnesota winter weather update

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November 29, 2025

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Mid-morning Minnesota winter weather update

Winter Storm Warning

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

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November 28, 2025

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Obituary for Marcie Moe at Johnson Funeral Service

Marcie Lee Moe age 65, of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, formerly of Grygla, MN, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Born on December 10, 1959 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Marcie was the beloved daughter of Adrian Severance Johnson and Edna Irene Christianson Johnson. Marcie was baptized at St.

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

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November 28, 2025

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5 key takeaways from Minnesota’s loss to Stanford at the Acrisure Invitational

Minnesota began its Acrisure Invitational journey with some great energy against Stanford, but an injury to starting point guard Chansey Willis Jr. was too much to overcome in a hard-fought 72-68 loss. Here’s what we learned.

Minnesota has been without North Dakota transfer BJ Omot and Maryland transfer Chance Stephens in every regular-season game, while starting big man Robert Vaihola missed his second straight game on Thursday with a knee injury. Things got even more scarce after two early fouls sent Willis to the bench, and he came out of the locker room with a boot on his right ankle.

The Gophers were already not a very deep team, so taking away four rotational players is a massive issue for Niko Medved and a rebuilding program.

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With Vaihola out for the second straight game due to a knee injury, Minnesota slid Grove into the starting lineup for the first time in his college career. Nehemiah Turner did not see the floor after starting last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it was an eight-man rotation.

The Gophers coughed up 14 turnovers on Thursday night, compared to only eight for Stanford. The biggest difference was that Minnesota’s turnovers resulted in 27 Cardinal points. It’s hard to point to any other stat as the largest factor in Thursday’s result.

Reynolds was the first player off the bench for Minnesota, and he provided some serious energy to begin Thursday night’s game. He had a career-high 16 points in last week’s loss to San Francisco, and it looked like he would remain at that level against Stanford, but he struggled in the second half with six points, six rebounds, four assists and six turnovers on the night.

Asuma generated all the headlines when he opted to stay with the Gophers through the coaching change, but Grove also returned after redshirting last season. The 6-foot-9 big man from Alexandria, Minnesota, got the biggest opportunity of his college career against Stanford. He finished with five points and one rebound in 19 minutes. Medved opted to roll with Durkin in the closing lineup.

The Gophers will face Santa Clara on Friday night in the consolation game of the Acrisure Invitational.

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