Schools and Businesses Closed as Arctic Front Brings Dangerous Wind Chills to Midwest

Students stayed home from school Thursday and several businesses were closed in parts of the upper Midwest as arctic air pushed dangerous wind chills.

A runner wears the cold on his face while running along West River Parkway hills on Feb. 13, 2020, near downtown Minneapolis, with temperatures hovering near minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chills. David Joles/Star Tribune via AP

MINNEAPOLIS—Students stayed home from school Thursday and several businesses were closed in parts of the upper Midwest as arctic air pushed wind chill readings to dangerously low temperatures.

A wind chill warning was in effect for northeastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota, with wind chill readings plunging to more than 40 below zero (-40 Celsius) in some areas.