Weather and Climate News

Snow day, Part 3: School cancellations, delays across Minnesota for Wednesday

A vehicle plows West 3rd Street
City crews plow West Third Street in Duluth on Tuesday, amid a winter storm that left well over a foot of snow in the city.
Erica Dischino for MPR News

Updated: March 27, 6:55 a.m.

Icy roads left in the wake of this week’s winter storm are prompting some school districts across Minnesota to cancel classes, move to online learning or start classes two hours late on Wednesday, March 27.

It’s the third consecutive day of school delays and cancellations across the state.

Here’s a rundown of Wednesday’s delays and cancellations:

Schools

Closed

Moving to online / e-learning

  • Blackduck

2-hour delay

  • Aitkin

  • Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City

  • Browns Valley

  • Canby

  • Chokio-Alberta

  • Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley

  • Comfrey

  • Cromwell-Wright

  • Dawson-Boyd

  • Edgerton

  • Floodwood

  • Hendricks

  • Hinckley-Finlayson

  • Isle

  • Lac qui Parle Valley

  • Lake Benton (90-minute delay)

  • Lakeview

  • Minneota

  • Moose Lake

  • Nay Ah Shing

  • Onamia

  • Ortonville

  • Pipestone

  • Red Lake (90-minute delay)

  • Red Rock Central

  • Renville County West

  • Springfield

  • Willow River

  • Yellow Medicine East