Phoenix Union will add 15 full‑time school resource officers next school year after a board vote to accept state grants. The decision split students, staff and community members.

A new Minnesota law named for Kayla Gaebel will require MnDOT and local authorities to consider suicide‑prevention railings and build on earlier funding for the Washington Avenue Bridge.

Local TV says Saint John Paul the Second held its final day in northeast Minneapolis, while the school's website still advertises enrollment for 2026-27. The two accounts leave the campus' future unclear.