Inflation grew just 1% in the Twin Cities in the past year as expenses — from housing to food to gas and utilities — have cooled more quickly here than nationwide. It was the lowest year-over-year change the region has seen in three years. Across the country, the consumer price index climbed 3.2% in the past year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data though July. The Twin Cities' low .
He says that tradition is something the kids look forward to each year.
(As above) “When we have students that are telling their parents, ‘I wonder what they’re going to do this year,’ and they’re excited to come to school and see what we’re going to do, that’s what it’s all about. It’s about the students and about them being excited to come to school. And as always, it’s just a great way to start the day with some cheer and then obviously send the kids on their way, at the end of the day on a positive note before Christmas Break.”