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D.A.R.E. Students Make a Pledge

Dec 25, 2018

Sixth-grade students perform “I Will D.A.R.E.,” a song they learned under the instruction of band/music director Michelle Boelk Thursday in the Falls High School gymnasium. More than 60 students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program…

Sheriff Attends 5th-Grade Graduation

Jul 3, 2018

Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry and D.A.R.E. instructor Deputy Sheriff Kelly Olson attended Oneka Elementary School’s fifth grade graduation ceremony. Each of the 175 students received diplomas.

D.A.R.E.’S ‘Officer Mo’ Connecting With Students In Columbia Heights

May 4, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a program that has been in a schools for almost three decades. You may even remember taking it yourself – D.A.R.E. Or maybe you have a fourth- or fifth-grader who is going through the program right now. This year, Minnesota D.A.R.E. has 22...

Spanish Immersion School fifth graders graduate from D.A.R.E. program

Mar 29, 2018

Fifth graders at Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School graduated March 23 from the D.A.R.E. program. Superintendent Carlton Jenkins, New Hope Police Chief Tim Fournier, Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School Principal Elaine Mehdizadeh and New Hope Mayor Kathi Hemken...

Minnesota D.A.R.E. Welcomes 21 New D.A.R.E. Officers and the First 2 Somali D.A.R.E. Officers

Mar 19, 2018

St. Paul, MN—Minnesota D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) welcomed 22 newly certified D.A.R.E. officers from the 47th class trained in Minnesota. These officers recently completed their two weeks of training hosted by the Minnesota BCA – a D.A.R.E. America...

Meet New Koochiching County D.A.R.E. Instructor Jill Elsberry

Mar 12, 2018

Jill Elsberry engages a group of fourth graders in her D.A.R.E. program. She is currently in her third week teaching the program to schools at Littlefork, Indus, and Northome. Jill Elsberry, part-time Koochiching County sheriff’s deputy and part-time International...

Officer Olson: ‘We made it’

Dec 20, 2017

Nearly 90 Falls High School students giggled and leaped across the Backus Community Center stage Tuesday upon graduating from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. The program is taught by Koochiching County Police Officer Dane Olson, who went through the program as a youngster himself.

Hermantown Students Celebrate D.A.R.E. Graduation

Dec 3, 2017

172 – 6th graders celebrated graduation together at Hermantown High School on Friday, after completing ten separate classes within the D.A.R.E. program. Officer Tim Battaglia says, “You know, yeah they learn a lot of things, they learn facts and health effects on drugs and alcohol, but the D.A.R.E. program is so much more than that . . .”

Local Police Departments Partner with DEA to Dispose of Unneeded Drugs

Oct 30, 2017

MOORHEAD, MN (Valley News Live) The opioid crisis is complex, but local police are practicing prevention techniques as a part of the bigger solution. “Prescription drugs, non-prescription, pet medication,” Officer Ethan Meehan says as he organizes bottles and bags of...

D.A.R.E. Connects Students and Law Enforcement

Oct 5, 2017

For some kids, D.A.R.E. is the only positive interaction with law enforcement they’ve had.” – Litchfield Police Officer Aaron Nelson. Aaron Nelson of the Litchfield Police Department has been a D.A.R.E. officer since 2006. He enjoys interacting with students at...