Minnesota School Districts Considering 'Online Snow Days'
With snow in the forecast, school districts are thinking about snow days in the months ahead. Some districts are already turning to online learning when schools are closed.
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With snow in the forecast, school districts are thinking about snow days in the months ahead. Some districts are already turning to online learning when schools are closed.
Monday morning for Lisa Patterson and her family went from typical to terrifying and unforgettable when she went to see why there was a loud sound at her front door.
A swastika and "other offensive graffiti" was removed from Concord Elementary School over the weekend, Edina Public Schools said in a statement to families. A coat of fresh paint now covers the graffiti on the playground shed, a post in a Facebook group affiliated with the area said.
One person is in the hospital with minor injuries after a house fire Sunday night in St. Paul. The fire, in the 100 block of Front Avenue, occurred around 10 p.m.
An Iowa health coach accused of defrauding more than 100 people out of millions of dollars by getting them to invest in a gym and fitness program has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison and must pay more than $8 million in restitution to his victims. A judge sentenced Mark Alan Blankespoor of Pella on Friday. He had pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June.
Rodney Jackson, 28, has been found guilty of murder in a fatal south Minneapolis shooting that occurred last November. Jackson's trial, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, lasted two weeks with jury deliberations lasting eight hours.
Minnesota wildlife officials have rejected a request from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in rifle bullets, birdshot and fishing tackle.
Officials in Cottage Grove say a male suspect is dead after a series of crimes that include sexual assault, stealing vehicles and invading a home Monday morning.
Wildlife managers say they're close to rounding up enough trash bins to dispose of deer carcasses in zones of Minnesota where they're trying to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.
A 23-year-old man has been charged in the Nov. 1 North Branch auto crash that killed 63-year-old Joffre Kolosky. It is his second time being charged for driving while impaired.
It started as a way to counteract things going wrong: A small-town movement to be kind to everyone. Now, it's the goal of young and old in the city of Glenwood, near Alexandria. The movement is led by 98-year-old Margaret Pederson.
Tuesday is election day and school funding will be on the ballot in many communities around the state.
St. Paul police have identified Anthony Martin, 25, as the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred in a parking lot Saturday evening.
A 911 outage on Aug. 1, 2018, prevented hundreds of emergency calls from routing across Minnesota, North Dakota and North Carolina. This week, the FCC announced settlements totaling $575,000 with the service providers responsible for with the outage that lasted 65 minutes.
