Teen: Teachers Made Me Stand Outside In Wet Bathing Suit, Barefoot
A ninth-grader says she has frostbite after standing outside for 10 minutes in a wet bathing suit during a fire alarm.
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A ninth-grader says she has frostbite after standing outside for 10 minutes in a wet bathing suit during a fire alarm.
Between the biting winds and the snow storms, it's been a tough winter to be a Minnesotan. Central Minnesota is digging out of 4.5 feet of snow, and some people are running out of places to put it.
When Bantam hockey players step onto the rink at Plymouth Ice Center for a weekend regional tournament, the surface they'll skate on is very real. The ice is silky smooth as slippery to boot. It's in the compressor room at the center where the R-22 refrigerant makes its magic.
Granted, March is lighter in festival offerings than other months. It's a tough time of year -- it might be 60 degrees outside, and it might be -30. Nevertheless, the month of March has a much-beloved annual holiday celebrating a famous saint. Oh, and there's St. Patrick's Day, too.
The 6-year-old girl found outside in Bemidji early Thursday morning died of hypothermia, officials say.
Just a few hours of light snow Friday was enough to set off a chain reaction pile-up on Interstate 35 south of the Twin Cities. The accident occurred on the northbound lanes of I-35 at County Road 50 near Lakeville, Minn.
Minnesota property taxes owed this year are mostly static once refunds and credits are factored in, state officials said Friday, despite their earlier prediction that those taxes would drop considerably. A Department of Revenue analysis shows a net $8 million drop in a property tax system that generates $8 billion a year.
Minnesota's projected budget surplus swelled Friday to $1.233 billion, giving lawmakers more leeway to pursue tax cuts and increased spending this session. State finance officials released the updated outlook that showed the surplus is $408 million higher than what was projected a few months ago.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to whoever stabbed a male pit bull in northern Minnesota. The Humane Society of the United States announced the reward.
Gustavus Adolphus College has named its next president, and for the first time in the school's 152-year history, that president is a woman. Rebecca Bergman will be Gustavus' 17th president when she takes over on July 1.
Firefighters from as many as 10 departments are battling a large fire Friday morning at a small apartment complex in Mahnomen County, authorities said. Crews responded to the fire on Main Street in Mahnomen at about 2:30 a .m.
New Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is reviewing the department's use of force policies, a Homeland Security official said Friday. The official said Johnson has been reviewing the rules about when border agents can use their guns since he took office in December.
Shannon Frauenholtz has had it with winter. Barely able to stomach the television news with its images of snowbound cars, she heads to the tanning salon, closes her eyes and imagines she's back in Mexico, where she's already vacationed once this winter.
Republican leaders in the Minnesota Legislature say the $1.2 billion budget surplus is no cause for celebration because it shows state government overtaxes its citizens. Republicans unveiled their response Friday to news of the enhanced surplus: "Give it back."
Authorities said a 6-year-old girl died Thursday morning after being exposed to frigid elements in Bemidji. Police in Bemidji were called at about 6:23 a.m. to a weather-related medical call on the 900 block of Carter Circle NE.
