Investigators have no indication that anyone else was involved, beyond the 16-year-old arrested, in online schools threats that closed high schools in Dakota County on Tuesday, Apple Valley’s police chief said Wednesday.

Some parents and students have continued to worry after the arrest.

Multiple voices were heard in a threat video, including the voice of President Donald Trump. There was a video that showed firearms on a table and referenced specific schools, asking which should be shot up first.

“It is important to note that a person can share a video without being the original creator of the video,” said Apple Valley Police Chief Nick Francis. “No firearms were located and there is no belief that the suspect had access to weapons.”

Apple Valley Police led the investigation because they took the initial call about threatening messages that specifically listed both Eastview High School in Apple Valley and Apple Valley High School as potential targets of violence.

The investigation was aimed at tracing the online accounts used for the threats. Police carried out a search warrant Tuesday at a property in Eagan where the threatening messages were sent from, Francis said. It was in the 4800 block of Villa Parkway in Eagan, which is near Minnesota 77 and Cliff Road, according to Eagan police.

An examination of the suspect’s digital devices is underway.

“Our department worked continuously and tirelessly to investigate the threats to multiple schools in our community,” Francis said. “We arrested the suspect who posted the threatening messages. There is no indication that others were involved with these social media posts. If additional people are determined to be involved, we will pursue criminal charges.”

The 16-year-old was booked into the Dakota County Juvenile Services Center. The Dakota County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case and expects to make a charging decision Thursday, according to a spokesperson for the office.

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Independent School District 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan high schools, which were all closed by the district Tuesday, are back in session on Wednesday. In neighboring Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191, Burnsville High School closed Tuesday morning, and elementary and middle schools shut down early Tuesday. Students and teachers are also back to school in District 191.

Eagan police said in a social media update Wednesday they “have no credible information suggesting any ongoing threat to our schools.”

Police have an increased presence at schools, school resource officers are remaining “in constant communication” with the district’s administrators, law enforcement agencies are coordinating “to share intelligence in real-time,” and there is still monitoring of social media for “any concerning reports,” the Eagan department’s post said.

The countdown is on for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

The torch relay is already underway and some of the top athletes are already making headlines. There are 16 sports in all, including some never seen before, and 116 gold medals are waiting to be awarded.

A couple takes a photo in front of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics countdown clock, in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

This will be the most spread-out Winter Games in history: The two primary competition sites are the city of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, the upscale winter resort in the Dolomites that is more than 250 miles away by road. Athletes also will compete in three other mountain clusters besides Cortina, while the closing ceremony will be in Verona, 100 miles east of Milan.

Get ready for all of the events with this guide of things to know.

Key dates to know

Competition runs Feb. 4-22. Here are some of the big days to mark on your calendar:

Feb. 4: Competition begins (curling).

FILE -Italy’s Stefania Constantini, directs her teammate during the mixed doubles curling match against Sweden, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Feb. 6: Opening ceremony.

Feb. 7: First gold medal events.

Feb. 8: Gold medal, women’s Alpine skiing downhill.

Feb. 13: Gold medal, men’s figure skating.

Feb. 18: Gold medal, women’s Alpine skiing slalom.

Feb. 19: Gold medal, women’s figure skating. Gold medal game, women’s ice hockey. First gold medals in ski mountaineering, a new Olympic sport.

Feb. 22: Gold medal game, men’s ice hockey. Closing ceremony.

FILE – A skier trains at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics venue in the Dolomite Mountains in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

How to watch

Dozens of countries will stream or air each day’s events, with some delaying broadcasts until primetime depending on the time zone.

That will be the case in the U.S., where Eastern time is six hours behind Milan and Cortina. NBC will carry showcase events at night while streaming sports on Peacock.

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Top storylines

Athletes to watch: Two of the most decorated Alpine skiers in history, 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, opened the World Cup season in dominant form, raising American hopes of a golden run in Cortina. Eileen Gu is back in freestyle skiing, as is Chloe Kim in snowboarding. NHL players are back on Olympic ice for the first time since 2014 so watch for the likes of Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.

Venues: All eyes are on the hockey arenas in Milan, which were still under construction in December; the main rink will be about 3 feet shorter than NHL and PWHL players are used to. And the athletes’ village in Cortina is a set of more than 350 mobile homes.

Russian athletes: Some sports federations are deciding whether to let Russians compete as neutral athletes but only after they are cleared by an independent review process to ensure that they have not publicly supported the war in Ukraine and are not affiliated with Russia’s military or other forces.

What’s new: Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut while skeleton has added a mixed team event, luge has added women’s doubles and large hill ski jumping added women’s and men’s super team events.

In 2025, NYCHA closed on the financing for repairs at 16 developments through the controversial PACT program, and moved ahead on renovation plans for two other public housing campuses funded through the newer Preservation Trust, officials said Tuesday.

NYCHA’s Hylan Houses in Bushwick, Brooklyn, was one of three developments this year where tenants were asked to vote on what funding model they want. (Adi Talwar/City Limits).

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) says it made progress this year in chipping away at its multibillionaire dollar repair backlog through two—at times, controversial—initiatives that convert properties to the federal Section 8 program as means to drum up new funds.

In 2025, NYCHA closed on the financing for repairs at 16 developments through the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, which leases public housing developments to private management companies, officials said in a year-end update Tuesday.

The deals will fund over $1.6 billion in renovations for approximately 7,300 residents at those campuses, according to NYCHA, which says PACT has raised a total of $8.6 billion in repairs already completed or in construction since the city launched the initiative almost a decade ago.

Overall, NYCHA is converting more than 39,000 apartments to PACT—with plans to add another 20,000 in the years ahead. Under the arrangement, private developers collect Section 8 funds for the units they now manage, and undertake major renovation projects through financing the housing authority can’t access on its own.

It’s one of two programs NYCHA has turned to in recent years to help maintain its aging buildings after decades of federal government disinvestment in Section 9, which funds traditional public housing. A 2023 assessment found that NYCHA needs an estimated $78 billion over the next two decades to keep its properties in a state of good repair.

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In October, a building at the Mitchel Houses in the Bronx partially collapsed, underscoring the precarious conditions at many NYCHA developments—the majority of which have similar or more significant repair needs than Mitchel Houses does, a City Limits investigation found.

Many tenants, however, remain deeply skeptical—and some adamantly opposed to—PACT and the involvement of private companies in public housing. PACT managers have filed for eviction at higher rates than NYCHA, stirring fears about displacement, while tenants have complained of unresponsive management teams and shoddily done repairs. Thousands of violations persist across privately-run NYCHA campuses, a recent investigation by news site The City found.

As an alternative to PACT, New York launched the NYC Public Housing Preservation Trust in 2022—another effort to unlock extra repair funds by converting NYCHA apartments to the more lucrative Section 8 federal subsidy. Unlike PACT, apartments in this scenario remain under NYCHA management while the Trust, a public entity, oversees and finances the repair work.

The Nostrand Houses, the first NYCHA development that joined the Preservation Trust. (Scott Heins)

In 2025, the Trust executed its first contracts for major repairs at two NYCHA developments: Nostrand Houses and Bronx River Addition, which will collectively see $493 million in upgrades in the comings years, officials said.

This year “paved the Trust’s pathway to delivery,” Trust President Vlada Kenniff said in a statement Tuesday, saying those plans will move to “measurable construction activity” in 2026.

Developments can only join the Trust if tenants there vote to do so. So far, NYCHA has carried out votes at seven different developments since the Trust launched in 2022, where residents were asked to choose whether to join the initiative, convert to PACT instead, or remain in the traditional Section 9 program.

In addition to Nostrand and Bronx River Addition, residents at the Hylan Houses in Bushwick and Unity Towers in Coney Island previously opted for the Trust. Tenants at Randall Avenue-Balcom Avenue voted to convert to private management under PACT, while residents at two other campuses—Coney Island Houses and Throggs Neck Addition—voted to stay with Section 9.

NYCHA selected the Stanley M. Isaacs Houses in Manhattan as the next campus up for a vote, which will take place starting in February. The development, on the Upper East Side, is home to 1,131 residents in 633 units, and needs an estimated $248 million for repairs and maintenance over the next two decades, officials said.

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With the Vikings no longer in contention for a playoff spot, some players have opted to get some lingering injuries fixed up.

After announcing earlier this week that edge rusher Jonathan Greenard will have surgery on his shoulder, head coach Kevin O’Connell announced that safety Josh Metellus will also have surgery on his shoulder.

Both players have been played on injured reserve.

In the absence of Greenard, edge rusher Dallas Turner will take on a bigger role. In the absence of Metellus, safety Jay Ward will take on a bigger role.

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