Editing Newfolden, Minnesota (section)

==Schools==
*[http://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/ Marshall County Central Schools] is the local school district. Preschool through Grade 2 Elementary students attend school in the nearby community of [[Viking, Minnesota|Viking]].  Newfolden Elementary is the local Elementary School for 3-6 students. Marshall County Central High School educates the 7-12 grade students. The Northern Freeze is the school mascot of the school district sports teams. Marshall County Central Schools has a cooperative agreement with [[Tri-County School District (Minnesota)|Tri-County Schools]] for all sports. Prior to the cooperative, the school mascot was the Nordics.

===High School Fire===
At 3:38&nbsp;a.m. on November 7, 1991, a fire was reported at the Marshall County Central High School building that was built in 1974. Firefighters from five districts responded to fight the fire that burned for more than five hours<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/abeXN3oGnCI| archive-date = December 5, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abeXN3oGnCI| title = firevideokxjb1 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Approximately 2/3 of the building was destroyed by the fire.

In a letter from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and its commissioner, Gene Mammenga, dated November 13, 1991, the school board was officially informed that the school could not be rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmcc441%2Fphotos%2Fa.544644595651920.1073741829.494375200678860%2F1094608233988884%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=500|title=Facebook}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmcc441%2Fphotos%2Fa.544644595651920.1073741829.494375200678860%2F1094608310655543%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=500|title=Facebook}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=August 2024}} In response, the town started a campaign to change his mind. They wrote letters and made phone calls to the MDE and the governor and created a petition.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/w_JenQwPYdw| archive-date = December 5, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_JenQwPYdw| title = firevideokxjb3 | website=[[YouTube]]|url-status=dead}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ultimately, the campaign was successful and the rebuilding of the school was approved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmcc441%2Fphotos%2Fa.544644595651920.1073741829.494375200678860%2F1094608617322179%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=500|title=Facebook}}</ref>
Classes for the 210 7th-12th grade students were held in the town's community center and churches, and in parts of the elementary school across the street,<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/qlMkoY_Zq78| archive-date = December 5, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMkoY_Zq78&index=4&list=PLGxS2w2apNVEFB7U-IUrEFh_pOUY5gm3F| title = firevideokxjb4 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> until the new high school was completed in September 1992.

The fire marshal determined that the fire was caused by a defective switch in a Bunn coffee maker. In 1995 the school district won its case against Appellant Bunn-O-Matic Corporation and the 1996 appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/9612/594.htm|archive-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309102405/https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/9612/594.htm|url-status=dead|title=ISD No. 441 v. Bunn-O-Matic Corp.  C0-96-594, Court of Appeals Unpublished, December 3, 1996.|website=Minnesota State Law Library}}</ref>