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Creekview Back to School Ice Cream Social

https://www.minneapolisparks.org/event-calendar/creekview-park-back-to-school-ice-cream-social The post Creekview Back to School Ice Cream Social first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News ....

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 21, 2026

NASA is funding aerospace job training for thousands in Minnesota

Minnesota is now one of seven new NASA workforce hubs across the U.S., opening a new path for aerospace job training across the state. The Transportation Center of Excellence in Rosemount will lead the three-year effort focused on connecting students from Minnesota State and othe...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 21, 2026

Minnesota families can claim K-12 tax breaks on school supplies

State officials say families who save back-to-school receipts this year may be able to claim K-12 tax breaks when they file next year. The Minnesota Department of Revenue said two tax benefits may help with education costs: the refundable K-12 Education Credit, which has income l...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

K-12 Education Subtraction and Credit

K-12 Education Subtraction and Credit The post K-12 Education Subtraction and Credit first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

Fairview’s St. Paul Midway campus up for sale, 250 workers relocating

Fairview Health Services is selling its St. Paul Midway campus that sits just blocks away from Allianz Field. The Midway location, at located at 1690 and 1700 University Ave. W., only houses administrative and corporate functions and does not currently serve patients, according t...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

Judge will consider new trial for Karmelo Anthony in Texas track meet killing

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge on Thursday will consider whether to grant Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony a new trial following his murder conviction earlier this summer in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet. In a legal victory for Anthony, the...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

Judge considering new trial for Karmelo Anthony in Texas track meet killing

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The attorney for a Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a track athlete during a high school meet told a judge Thursday that he deserves a new trial because the court wrongly limited access to earlier proceedings. Karmelo Anthony’s attorney told a n...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

Karmelo Anthony’s attorney asks judge for new trial in Texas track meet killing

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The attorney for a Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a track athlete during a high school meet told a judge Thursday that Karmelo Anthony deserves a new trial because of errors that limited access to the proceedings. Anthony’s attorney told a new...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 20, 2026

The AI classroom has arrived. Minnesota schools are writing the rules.*

How do you teach something your students often know more about than you do, yet something that they’ll need to know after graduation? That’s the problem facing Minnesota K-12 schools when it comes to artificial intelligence. “Right now we have to really be vulnerable and learn to...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence in education

https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/tech/AI/AIEd The post Artificial intelligence in education first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 19, 2026

Brooklyn Park Back-to-School Giveaways

https://www.facebook.com/BPRecreationandParks/posts/back-to-school-giveaway-school-supply-driveits-almost-time-for-back-to-school-an/1714105604054123 The post Brooklyn Park Back-to-School Giveaways first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News ....

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 19, 2026

St. Paul Public Schools 2033 plan

St. Paul Public Schools 2033 plan The post St. Paul Public Schools 2033 plan first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 19, 2026

Prior Lake daycare teacher accused of hitting multiple children facing charges

A daycare teacher in Prior Lake is accused of hitting and slapping multiple children, according to court documents filed in Scott County last week. Rachel Ann Lowe, 36, is facing six counts of malicious punishment of a child. According to court records, a witness said that her 4-...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 18, 2026

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 17, 2026

List of back-to-school supply events in the metro

Free back-to-school supply events helping parents as costs rise The post List of back-to-school supply events in the metro first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News ....

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 16, 2026

Osseo Area Schools teacher, coach reinstated after being placed on leave for months

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has confirmed that Mark Cook, a teacher and coach at Osseo Area Schools, has been reinstated following a months-long leave for undisclosed reasons. Cook is a social studies teacher at Maple Grove Senior High School as listed on the staff directory, and a head co...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 14, 2026

Lawsuit claiming discrimination against Minneapolis white teachers dropped

A lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools over a teacher layoff policy has been dismissed by a federal judge, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in December of 2025, claimed that the district discriminated against white teachers through a contract provision meant...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 12, 2026

Ex-Mounds View High School teacher indicted for grooming, coercing student

A former Mounds View High School teacher is facing federal charges for allegedly grooming a student for months by offering the victim drugs and alcohol, and coercing the student into sexual activity. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that 58-year-old Ted Matthew Bennett was indicte...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 12, 2026

From state standards to test day: How Minnesota’s MCA questions take shape

We’re heading back inside your schools to find out more about how the state comes up with the material on your child’s annual state assessment exams. It’s a follow-up to a question that came up as we reported on the number of students who are opting out or just not showing up for...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 10, 2026

As more students skip state tests, experts warn school scores may be misleading

Heading inside your schools, KSTP is looking at the number of Minnesota students who are not taking the state assessment exams. According to a new study, that number continues to grow. “They want schools to hit 95% of their students taking the test, and the number of schools in M...

KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (ABC)Aug 7, 2026