Two Rivers Administration Will Continue to Look TWO RIVERS -- The Board of Education approved a new policy manual Monday without the addition of a proposed policy that would've called for drug testing Two Rivers Public Schools students. District and Two Rivers High School administrators will continue to look into the costs and data regarding random student drug testing, and a policy could be implemented at a later date, District Administrator Randy Fredrikson said. The proposed policy was "not based on probable cause," Board President John Webster said Nov. 26, when the issue first was presented to the board. All students involved in extra-curricular activities, as well as those who have parking permits, would have been affected. [continues 269 words]
Common Council Passes Ordinance MANITOWOC - Possession of marijuana is now an ordinance violation, and first-timers who get caught with the drug face a city citation rather than a misdemeanor charge. The Common Council decided Monday to make the change from the current system, which charges all offenders in circuit court, leaving them with the possibility of $1,000 in fines, six months in jail and a six-month driver's license suspension. "This is not a decriminalization of marijuana," Alderman Paul Tittl said. "Some people are misunderstanding this." [continues 98 words]
