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All week long WCCO This Morning team is bringing you workouts to try as we countdown to 2015. On Monday, Ali Lucia tried a barre class. Tuesday we brought cycling in-studio. On Wednesday morning the crew talked CrossFit.
A key deadline Wednesday capped a smoother start — though it wasn't perfect — for the second year of the state health insurance exchange. MNsure officials said the website was stable and call wait times remained short as Minnesota residents rushed to beat the noon deadline to get coverage that starts Thursday. It was a marked change from MNsure last year, when long wait times and a crash-prone site frustrated consumers.
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Twin Cities restaurants are gearing up for the Citrus Bowl. Even though the game is in Orlando, Fla., Buffalo Wild Wings regional manager Sue Benson said the Gopher team excitement should help restaurants gain many customers on New Year's Day.
If you don't have a dinner reservation yet for New Year's Eve, you still have a chance to grab an open table. WCCO's Lauren Casey stopped by Borough in Minneapolis' North Loop to get the New Year's Eve dining details.
The cost to fill up at gas stations keeps going down. In the Twin Cities on Tuesday night, a gallon of regular was just $2.14 on average. But for drivers using diesel it's considerably more: $3.30 a gallon.
A veteran State Patrol trooper is now charged with killing a Minnesota couple in a car crash. A grand jury indicted Scott Reps. He's charged with manslaughter and failure to drive with due care because jurors apparently thought he was going too fast.
A convicted murderer was taken into custody Tuesday evening after a standoff at a Fridley apartment building, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said. According to Stanek, Eugene Ryan Boos, 42, was taken into custody after a standoff that lasted over five hours.
Whether at the Science Museum of Minnesota, or in the classroom, there's a good chance that you or your kids have had a butterfly as a teacher. Monarch butterflies have been used for generations to teach elementary-aged children about lifecycles and the wonders of nature.
Minnesota has seen gains in employment, housing construction and home prices, but homelessness remains stubbornly high for families and children, according to a new report.
President Barack Obama will get the chance to appoint a new federal judge for Minnesota. The chief U.S. district judge for Minnesota, Michael Davis, informed the president Monday he plans to take senior status in August. He'll remain a federal judge, but won't have to carry a full caseload.
A Wausau, Wisconsin man's beard may have something to do with the Packers' win Sunday and overall success this season -- that is, if you believe in superstition. Jeremy Wilcox says during a game early in the season, Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers noticed his beard while he was sitting in the stands. Rodgers then gave him thumbs up that he liked it.
Long-lost photos of a Minnesota couple married for 77 years will soon be back in their hands. A stranger discovered the pictures at a Goodwill store hundreds of miles away. Kathi Sweeney Hill paid $1.88 for a used photo album for her daughter, and that's where the photos were.
A sudden cold snap hitting Minnesota is all it takes to get the phones ringing at local plumbers. That's because they're the experts when it comes to thawing -- and repairing -- frozen water and drain pipes.
After a mild December, the recent cold weather has allowed the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board crews to open ice rinks beginning Wednesday.
