Grant allows Northwoods school district to create long-wanted program

EAGLE RIVER - One Northwoods school district can test a new program that's been in demand for years. It's all thanks to a rural schools grant.

"One of the biggest things parents have talked about is, 'Do you have after school programs for the kids?'" said Eagle River Elementary and Northland Pines Middle School Principal Tony Duffek.

For all the years Duffek has worked for the Northland Pines School District, his answer was, "Nothing on a consistent weekly basis."

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