A Fairmount, N.D., high school freshman who shot himself in a classroom in an apparent suicide attempt Thursday morning is expected to recover, the Associated Press reports. The Breckenridge, Minn., hospital where he is recovering has not released his condition. The small town just over the Minnesota border has been deeply shaken.

A couple of decades ago, Kathryn Wendling's classmates at Duluth East voted her most likely to appear on Jeopardy. Now that likelihood is reality. Wendling took part in the game show's two-week teachers tournament. It'll be broadcast beginning Feb. 15.

A 46-year-old man from Hugo was killed Wednesday night after stepping in front of traffic on Interstate 35E in Lino Lakes. The man appears to be the third person in three months to commit suicide by stepping into traffic, but authorities caution that it's hard to know whether the person really did intend to end their life.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it has impounded a car in Koochiching County with an unusual alternative fuel source. A trooper spokesperson says the driver of a rusted out Ford Pinto had a gas can on the front seat with a hose that ran out the passenger window, around the front and under the hood, which was "rigged up to the engine."

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Ellison flew to New York City with her parents for a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman," along with five others who were vying to be on the late night TV show's Stupid Human Tricks segment that aired Tuesday night. But her eye-whistling bit didn't make the cut – the show chose to feature three others.