Extreme cold leads to school delays, cancellations Tuesday across Minnesota

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The arctic cold snap that remains entrenched across the Upper Midwest has prompted some school districts in Minnesota and neighboring states to cancel classes on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Some districts are running on a delayed start, or have moved to online learning.
Anoka-Hennepin, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester are among the districts that have canceled classes for Tuesday. Find a full list below.
Wind chills across the region are again forecast to be in the 30s below zero and 40s below zero on Tuesday morning. Find forecast updates on MPR Weather’s Updraft blog.
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The subzero temperatures in recent days have meant an increase in patients requiring care for frostnip or frostbite, including at Children’s Minnesota in the Twin Cities.
Dr. Liz Placzek with Children’s Minnesota said children are especially prone to cold injuries — and that the first signs are easy to identify.
“It’s when the skin becomes kind of red or numb or tingly. We see it on the fingers, the nose, the ears or the cheeks,” Placzek said. “These are actually the very first signs of cold injury, and we’re seeing this a lot in kids recently — but what we’re starting to see also with these really cold temperatures is the progression into frostbite.”
Placzek said parents should bring kids inside to warm up at the first sign of frostnip. They should contact a medical provider if cold skin turns hard or waxy, and if exposure to gradual warmth indoors doesn’t improve pain or skin discoloration.
“Kids are much more vulnerable to cold injury than adults are. Kids lose heat from their body much faster and are more likely to want to stay outside and play longer,” Placzek said. “We want to make sure that they have layers on. We don’t want them just in a T-shirt under their big winter coat — we want lots of warm layers, and try to keep them dry.”

School delays, closures
School districts with weather-related closures or delays Tuesday in Minnesota and neighboring states include:
Closed
Austin
Annandale
Anoka-Hennepin
Blooming Prairie
Brooklyn Center
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
Caledonia Area
Central (Norwood Young America)
Chatfield
Chisago Lakes
Columbia Heights
Cook County
Duluth
Eden Prairie
Edina
Ely
Fairmont Area
Fillmore Central
Foley
Fond du Lac Ojibwe
Forest Lake Area
Fridley
Glenville-Emmons
Goodhue
Granada-Huntley-East Chain
Grand Meadow
Hayfield
Inver Grove Heights
Kasson-Mantorville
Kingsland
La Crosse, Wis.
Lake City
Lake Superior (Two Harbors, Silver Bay)
Lakeville Area
Lanesboro
LeRoy-Ostrander
Lewiston-Altura
Lyle
Maple Lake
Medford
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Moose Lake
Mounds View
Nay Ah Shing
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale
Orono
Osceola, Wis.
Pepin Area, Wis.
Pine Island
Prior Lake-Savage Area
Red Wing
Richfield
River Falls, Wis.
Rochester
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
Roseville Area
Rushford-Peterson
St. Croix Falls, Wis.
St. Francis Area
St. Louis Park
St. Michael-Albertville
St. Paul
Shakopee
South St. Paul
South Washington County
Southland
Spring Grove
Spring Lake Park
Stewartville
Triton
Wabasha-Kellogg
Waconia
Watertown-Mayer
Wayzata
Westonka
Winona Area
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
E-learning day
Albert Lea Area
Alden-Conger
Barnum
Belle Plaine
Byron
Cambridge-Isanti
Carlton
Faribault
Farmington Area
Floodwood
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Hopkins (grades 6-12; no school for PreK-5)
Houston
Jordan
International Falls
Kimball Area
Lester Prairie
Littlefork-Big Falls
Martin County West
Monticello
New Prague Area
Northome
Osseo Area
Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Princeton
Robbinsdale Area
Swanville
White Earth Tribal & Community College
Willow River Area
Two-hour delay
Adrian
Aitkin
Albany Area
Alexandria
Ashby
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Badger
Bagley
Baldwin-Woodville Area, Wis.
Battle Lake
Becker
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Bemidji
Benson
Bertha-Hewitt
Blackduck
Blue Earth Area
BOLD
Brainerd
Brandon-Evansville
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Cass Lake-Bena
Cedar Mountain
Cherry
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Cleveland
Cloquet
Cromwell-Wright
Dassel-Cokato
Dawson-Boyd
Deer River
Delano
Detroit Lakes
East Central
Eden Valley-Watkins
Edgerton
Esko
Fergus Falls
Fosston
Frazee-Vergas
Grand Rapids Area
Greenbush-Middle River
Hendricks
Henning
Hermantown
Heron Lake-Okabena
Hill City
Hinckley-Finlayson
Holdingford
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
Hudson, Wis.
Hutchinson
Isle
Jackson County Central
Kelliher
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Lac qui Parle Valley
Lake Benton
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial
Lake of the Woods
Lakeview
Laporte
Le Sueur-Henderson
Litchfield
Little Falls
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Lynd
MACCRAY
Mahnomen
Mahtomedi
Mankato Area
Maple River
Marshall
Marshall County Central
McGregor
Melrose Area
Menahga
Milaca
Milroy
Minneota
Minnesota State College Southeast — Red Wing and Winona campuses opening at 10 a.m.
Minnesota West Community & Technical College — all campuses opening at 10 a.m.
Minnewaska Area
Montevideo
Morris Area
Mountain Lake
Murray County Central
Nashwauk-Keewatin
Nett Lake
Nevis
New London-Spicer
New York Mills
Nicollet
Norman County East
North Woods (Cook-Orr)
Northeast Range
Northland-Remer
Ogilvie
Onamia
Ortonville
Osakis
Park Rapids
Parkers Prairie
Paynesville Area
Pelican Rapids
Pequot Lakes
Perham
Pierz
Pillager
Pine City
Pine River-Backus
Pipestone Area
Randolph
Red Lake
Red Rock Central
Renville County West
Ridgewater College — opening at 10:30 a.m.
Riverland Community College — all campuses opening at 10 a.m.
Rockford
ROCORI
Roseau
Rothsay
Round Lake-Brewster
Royalton
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
St. Clair
St. Cloud Area
St. Cloud State University — reduced operations until 10 a.m.
St. James
St. Peter
Sartell-St. Stephen
Sauk Centre
Sauk Rapids-Rice
Sebeka
Sibley East
Sleepy Eye
Somerset, Wis.
South Ridge
Springfield
Staples-Motley
Stillwater Area
Thief River Falls
Tower-Soudan
Ulen-Hitterdal
Underwood
United South Central
University of Minnesota Crookston — reduced operations until 10 a.m.
University of Minnesota Duluth — reduced operations until noon
University of Minnesota Morris — reduced operations until 10 a.m.
Verndale
Wabasso
Wadena-Deer Creek
Walker Hackensack Akeley
Warroad
Waseca
Waubun-Ogema-White Earth
West Central Area
Westbrook-Walnut Grove
Willmar
Windom
Worthington
Wrenshall
This list will be updated as additional delays and closings are reported. If you don’t see your school listed here, check with your district for updates.