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"Brutal cold is coming," the weather man announced with urgency. "Temps will dip to 18 overnight," he warned. That was just a few days ago as I watched a local TV station while visiting relatives in New York. Coming home to a forecast of lows of minus 20-something, I winced.
St. Paul Police said three people have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting near a gas station Friday night. Authorities responded to the BP gas station at the intersection of Maryland and White Bear Avenues just after 6:30 p.m.
St. Paul Police are investigating what led up to a crash that killed a 93-year-old woman on Thursday. Police were called to the accident at about 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of East Third Street and Earl Street.
It's not always about food with DeRusha Eats, and this week we're diving into the world of vodka. The new year is a time of rebirth for a lot of us, and for a local business man it's the birth of a new vodka brand that was an eight-year process.
An office at the St. Louis County courthouse will reopen Monday after a suspicious letter caused an evacuation. According to a news release from the county sheriff's office, a letter containing a powder was found around 11 a.m. Friday at the Court Administrator's office.
Xcel Energy is asking 600 business customers in Minnesota and North Dakota to reduce their natural gas usage because of higher demand from the cold. The Minneapolis-based company says the customers are those who take part in interruptible gas rates programs.
It may be bitterly cold outside, but fans of the outdoors can start dreaming of summer at the 44th annual Minnesota Sportsmen's Show. The event opens Thursday, Jan. 9, and runs through Sunday, Jan. 12, at the St. Paul RiverCentre.
It has been decades since parts of the Midwest experienced a deep freeze like the one expected to arrive Sunday, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia even in a region where residents are accustomed to bundling up.
Ila from Bemidji wanted the answer to a Good Question we get all the time: How do they keep from water in a water tower from freezing?
St. Paul police say a man is dead after an incident Friday night near a gas station at the intersection of Maryland and White Bear avenues.
It's likely to be a long road ahead for the victims of that deadly fire on Cedar Avenue New Year's Day. Dr. Ryan Fey at Hennepin County Medical Center says they have three patients still in critical condition.
The weather has been frigid to say the least, and it's about to get worse. But the concern over the cold isn't just about us, it's about man's best friend.
Most of us don't think of Minnesota as the go-to place for archeological discoveries. But in the past six weeks, several sites near Shakopee have turned up hundreds of ancient finds. Archaeologists have found everything from old tools to animal bones, giving us a glimpse into life thousands of years ago.
The Golden Valley-based scrapbook supply company Archiver's says it's going out of business and will close its stores by mid-February. In a statement on its website, the 14-year-old company says the industry, as well as customer needs, have changed resulting in declining sales and mounting losses.
Crews have finished searching the charred ruins of an apartment building on Cedar Avenue near downtown Minneapolis hours after pulling a second body from the structure. Crews began tearing apart the building at 514 Cedar Avenue South on Thursday and discovered the body of one person who didn't make it out.
