High school students who are trained to as Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court panel members ask questions of their peers with a violation with the intent to change behavior, repair relationships and restore young people’s image. Youth from Durand, Alma, and Cochrane-Fountain City school districts conducted a hearing at the Pepin County Government Center on July […]
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Panel members from Alma and Mondovi schools led a restorative hearing as a part of Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court this week. Youth help young people take accountability for their actions, repair relationships, and make things right after a violation occurs. Referrals for the program come from the judge, human services, law enforcement and the schools […]
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Panel members from the Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court heard multiple cases on May 8, 2024 at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Alma. Youth are trained to ask restorative questions, hold youth with violations accountable, help repair relationships, and restore the image of young people in our communities. Teen court usually hears more than 30 violations […]
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Several newly trained panel members from the Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court program met today to observe a hearing to complete their understanding of the restorative justice process. Youth work to change behavior, repair relationships, and restore young people’s image in the community. Some of the most common violations they hear are vaping, alcohol, THC, disorderly […]
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Buffalo / Pepin County Teen Court welcomed 23 new panel members at their training on April 12th at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Alma. These new panelists join another 35 high school students already serving as peer judges. Teen Court hears over 25 cases a year across the two counties with referrals from the juvenile […]
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Zoey Danzinger and Isabella Wayne are the 2024 Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court Scholarship recipients. The $500 and $250 scholarships will be presented in May at their school graduation awards ceremonies on behalf of the Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court program. The award winners were selected from multiple applicants by a group of Teen Court Advisory Board […]
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Four Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court panel members conducted three restorative hearings for vaping violations on April 3rd at the Pepin County Government Center in Durand. Panel members asked questions to learn more about what happened and how to makes things right. The focus of their work is to repair relationships, rethink behavior, and restore the […]
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2023 Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court Annual Report In 2023, Buffalo/Pepin County Teen Court trained 35 new panel members, participated in a statewide conference, conducted 18 hearings, and volunteered over 260 hours in youth development. Learn more about our restorative justice program through our annual report.
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