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The father of a Duluth middle school student who took his own life is suing the school district claiming it failed to protect his son from bullying that resulted in his death.

A new report says the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is facing dire financial challenges and that delays in addressing them will only make things worse.

Prosecutors will not file criminal charges in connection with a crash that killed two Lakeville South High School students last December. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom says Friday that his office reviewed the possibility of multiple charges and there's insufficient evidence to prove elements of a crime.

Authorities have charged a 12-year-old boy with bringing a gun to a St. Paul school. Reports say the student from Linwood Monroe Arts Plus is charged with possession of a firearm and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.

Adjunct faculty members at Hamline University in St. Paul have overwhelmingly approved their first contract since forming a union.

After a devastating fire in 2014 the Roosevelt Education Center is rising from the ashes. The school was rebuilt following the model of the old Roosevelt school, with the gym being the only structure to survive the fire.

Madison Elementary School was evacuated this (Monday) afternoon after reports of a gas leak. St. Cloud Area School District 742 spokesperson Tami DeLand says the school was evacuated just after 4:30 p.m. as a precautionary measure after a report of a natural gas odor at the school.

Two Lakeville South High School students have died and two others are injured after the truck they were in rolled over. The crash happened near the school shortly before 3 p.m., just after classes were dismissed.

Hinckley-Finlayson High School has given the all-clear after a lockdown caused when a man was spotted on the roof. The Pine County sheriff's office responded just after 11 a.m. Tuesday to an "uninvited persons" complaint from the school.

Community members voiced their opinions and ask questions this (Monday) evening on the upcoming District 724 bond referendum. A classroom was filled with people either for or against a $167-million-dollar referendum that will be brought for a vote with plans to build a new Tech High School and update Apollo High School.