Police say a third-grader at a Maplewood school got his finger on the trigger of a liaison officer's holstered gun, causing it to fire a gunshot into the floor.
Monday's snowstorm has many people across the state talking about what happened in the St. Paul School District. The storm left many students stranded at school until late in the evening, with little contact with parents until after the fact.
A semitrailer truck veered off a highway in southern Minnesota and crashed through the wall of an elementary school, injuring two children in a classroom.
Students of color and mixed race make up nearly one-third of Minnesota's public school enrollment, but only 3 percent of school district board members are minorities.