Watch CBS News
The embattled Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has announced it will be slashing its budget by 20 percent. In a statement, the archdiocese says more than $5 million in cuts is due to unexpected legal fees.
When Everett Diemert woke up, he knew he had quite a manic Monday ahead of him. He works at Hallberg Marine in Wyoming. There were a whole lot of boats that required snow removal. "We are going to have another long winter like last year," Diemert said.
The Grand Casino Mille Lacs says approximately 1,600 card transactions were accessed by an unauthorized person and used for fraudulent transactions.
The sounds of children celebrating the early arrival of a snow day were loud and clear in Elk River Monday. Best friends Kaila Swart and Lexi Patraw were having the time of their lives. "It's really fun because I get to play with my best friend and do face plants in the snow," Swart said.
Six months after winning a bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl, Minnesota is making a bid for the NCAA Final four. Minnesota is one of eight locations competing for a Final Four between 2017 and 2020.
Crews across the state are working to clear the roads before ice becomes a bigger problem. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says the timing of the storm made things tough Monday morning. They pre-treated several roads, but Mother Nature usually wins.
Twelve years ago this week, Josh Guimond was a student at St. John's University when he disappeared. Josh's father, Brian, says Josh was at a dorm room walking back to his dorm when he was last seen. He says the trip couldn't have taken Josh more than 3 minutes.
A man was shot in the head during a shooting Saturday in Eden Prairie.
Minnesota drivers were involved in nearly 400 crashes and even more spin-outs Monday as the season's first snow storm began its march across the state.
The first snowstorm of the season is causing big headaches for travelers and crews Monday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. MSP Spokesman Pat Hogan says there have been about 175 canceled flights Monday. Hogan says he doesn't anticipate many more being made because the airlines were aggressive about canceling them ahead of time.
The season's first snowstorm could be bad news for farmers in the Upper Midwest where corn remains in fields.
Minnesota collected nearly 5 percent more in taxes in October than was anticipated. Minnesota Management and Budget said Monday it collected just under $1.7 billion, $75 million more than forecast. Tax collections for the fiscal year, which started in July, are slightly ahead of projections. October marks the second consecutive month that tax collections have come in high in a year where the state's monthly collections have generally lagged.
Authorities say a 34-year-old man was taken into custody in Stearns County on Sunday for stealing a deer from another hunter after not having success during Minnesota's opening weekend of hunting.
As much of Minnesota is buckling down for an extended snowstorm that could bring more than a foot of snow to parts of the state, it's worth taking a look back to what happened nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
Public schools in both Minneapolis and St. Paul have canceled after-school activities in anticipation of further snow. The snow began falling in Minnesota at around 3 a.m.
