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Franchesca Hentsch and others want help from the government to improve their street, Don Gallegos Circle.

But there’s a problem: It’s a private road.

Hentsch said she and others are concerned with the ruts in the road, which can become a major problem in the winter. This situation is particularly problematic for a small nursing home on the street, she said.

Don Gallegos Circle is off of Eighth Street on the north side of town; dozens of houses are along the street.

Highlands University has the lowest tuition and fees of any four-year college in an 11-state region in the West, according to a study.

In the study, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education showed that Highlands’ tuition and fees for undergraduate residents was at $2,688 per year, far lower than other colleges in the region, which includes the dozens of colleges in California.

The next lowest was Metropolitan State College of Denver, which charges $3,241 in tuition and fees.

Students in Mike Boyle’s Introduction to Engineering class at Robertson High School are getting hands-on lessons.

This week, they’ve been working on a “puzzle cube” lesson in which they make parts to a cube. First, they must design the parts with a hand-drawn sketch, then do so on a computer.

“It’s supposed to assemble. Everyone has to do their own individual cube,” said freshman Dillon Martinez. The class is made up of students from every grade — from freshmen to seniors.

Monica Valdez thought she was going to make some money as a mystery shopper. It turns out that she lost a bundle as the victim of a scam.

Valdez recently received a letter from Wilmington, Del., about the opportunity of being a mystery shopper.

As part of the arrangement, she was to receive a $4,800 check and send $4,400 of that money back to the company, supposedly leaving her $400 in compensation for her work.