Senator Al Franken was in our area on Monday visiting with farmers concerned about this year’s farm bill.
They’re worried about countless issues concerning the industry.
Senator Al Franken made a stop in Lake City Friday to tour the manufacturing company Federal Mogul.
The topic of jobs was Senator Al Franken’s main concern during this tour.
As far as U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D) is concerned, No Child Left Behind is in need of radical restructuring.
“The only thing I liked about it was the name,” the Minnesota Democrat said during a visit to the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District on Thursday. “But that was the only thing we weren’t doing—measuring every child’s growth.”
Al Franken’s life has been well chronicled, from his years as an accomplished comedian to his unexpected turn to politics three years ago. But an unusual new detail emerged from his visit to Goodhue County on Friday morning — he has wide feet.
The first-term U.S. senator had to special order what might be his first pair of boots from the Red Wing Shoes Co. They’re expected to be ready Monday, two days after Franken visited the manufacturing plant and retail store in Red Wing.
When U.S. Sen. Al Franken arrived in Red Wing Friday morning, he wasn’t sure if he had ever owned a pair of Red Wing boots.
But by the time the politician left town, he had a pair from Red Wing’s Heritage line ordered and on its way to his shoe rack.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken capped off a day visiting students and teachers at Burnsville High School by talking about dismantling the No Child Left Behind law that now governs public education.
Some in the crowd of 75 parents, students and educators joined Franken in voicing dissatisfaction with the law and how it has changed public education. The event was an hour-long “listening session” at Burnsville Alternative High School in Eagan.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken visited Southview Elementary School and Valley Middle School in Apple Valley on Thursday. At Southview, he read the book “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” and fielded questions from students, and at Valley Middle he spoke about his job and issues he’s focusing on and also answered questions.
World domination wasn’t the intended theme of United States Sen. Al Franken’s visit Wednesday to Shakopee Junior High, but it became a somewhat humorous touchstone for almost every speaker at an assembly of ninth-graders.
