PEQUOT LAKES — When Pequot Lakes High School physical education and health teacher Kristen Harsha heard her colleagues' words read aloud at this year's staff recognition banquet, words like “inclusion” and “kind,” she started to wonder if maybe the honor was hers. It was. Harsha was named the 2026 Teacher of the Year by the Education Minnesota Pequot Lakes (EMPL) teachers union, chosen by a nomination and vote of her colleagues. Now in her 15th …
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