The Sartell-St. Stephen School Board voted to do away with spring break and replace it with a series of long weekends. But some parents complain they did not get enough time or information to consider the change and offer input.

About 100 students from around the world are taking part in the competition at the University of North Dakota. All the drone planes have to do is sneak into a simulated enemy compound and retrieve a flash drive. Within five minutes. A couple of other similar competitions have been held and they yielded no winners.

"My dad can eat 500 corn dogs!" Blue Cross Blue Shield's new ad campaign tries to make parents think about the examples they're setting for their kids when it comes to food choices.

A Minnesota School Readiness Study says only about 55 percent of incoming kindergarten students are ready for school. State education officials say a child's readiness entering school is the biggest indicator of future academic success.

Minnesotans who planned on strolling across the border to Grand Forks, N.D., to become one of the walking dead in the city's Zombie Run will have to kick up their feet this year. The event, which was scheduled in conjunction with the Grand Forks Zombie Music Fest next month, has been scrapped over conflicts with another marathon.

The union local says research shows privatized busing leads to lower service and accountability problems, but district leaders say it would save the schools $2 million in the first year.