MPCA officials advise "less is more" approach for smart salting during winter
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has released some tips to help with de-icing this winter while protecting the state's lakes and streams.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has released some tips to help with de-icing this winter while protecting the state's lakes and streams.
The storm system that passed through Minnesota Tuesday brought from 7 to 9 inches of snow right across the Twin Cities area.
Bitter cold is following on the snow-covered coattails of the storm system that hammered parts of Minnesota Tuesday.
Ralph Edward Cloud Jr., 38, beat Allen Smith to death in the fall of 2020 inside a residence on the Red Lake Indian Reservation with "a medal cabinet and its drawers" because he was "concerned about a relationship between his wife and Smith."
A Circle Pines man was hurt when the box truck he was driving collided with a train in northwestern Minnesota.
No one was injured in the burglary, and the sheriff's office said it was likely not a random incident.
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Fernando Javier Carbajal, 24, was charged with three counts of assault, including physically assaulting a peace officer.
Crews will be clearing piles 8-inches deep in parts of the Twin Cities after Tuesday's big snow storm.
Nurses from a northern Minnesota hospitals say they're joining in on the strike authorization vote happening Wednesday. Meanwhile, Essentia Health said it has reached a "tentative agreement" with nurses in Moose Lake, so those nurses will not be joining in on the vote.
The snow has stopped -- and now comes the cooldown.
"It's a nice place to live. It was. We don't know if we're gonna want to stay around anymore if they have the taxes that high," said resident Kitty Haley.
Minnesota spends close to $100 million every year to clear snow and ice from state roads. From giant plows and maintenance, to deicing material and labor, it all adds up. But there's a way to cut down on costs, crashes and the impact on the environment.
The sheriff's office said the group was stranded by about 30 yards of open water.
A Virginia, Minnesota man has been sentenced to nearly five decades in prison for the domestic violence killing of 32-year-old Kristen Bicking.
