Near Record Highs Bring Summer Heat To Mid October
For a state that has a reputation for uncomfortable weather, Minnesota was the place to be on Sunday. Near record highs in the low 80s were the cause for celebration.
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For a state that has a reputation for uncomfortable weather, Minnesota was the place to be on Sunday. Near record highs in the low 80s were the cause for celebration.
Authorities say 45-year-old Brian Short shot his wife and three children on Sept. 10 before turning the gun on himself. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner says Short died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound and killed the other members of his family inside their Greenwood home on Lake Minnetonka.
The funeral for the Short family will be held Sunday, and a fund has been set up to help the family with costs.
An effort to clean up a popular Twin Cities lake is underway Saturday. Dozens of volunteers will comb the beaches and shoreline of Lake Minnetonka to pick up all the trash left behind from a busy summer of boating. They will also hand out garbage bags at boat launches to encourage boaters to recycle.
With well over 10,000 lakes, rivers and waterways to explore in our great state, you'd be hard-pressed to not find a boat to rent nearby. Check out our list of five of the best places for boat rentals in Minnesota.
It has been a week since police discovered a gruesome scene in Greenwood -- five members of a family dead. South Lake Minnetonka Police say Brian Short shot and killed his wife and their three kids with a shotgun before killing himself last week.
The funeral for the family of five found dead in their Lake Minnetonka home will be held this Sunday in Eden Prairie.
Sources tell WCCO that the father of a Greenwood family shot and killed his wife and three children before taking his own life.
Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Twin Cities father, mother, and their three teenage children after they were all found dead in their Lake Minnetonka home Thursday.
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A young father is fighting to get stronger after doctors say a diving accident likely left him paralyzed. It happened during a bachelor party Saturday on Lake Minnetonka. Kirk Ingram, 28, dove off a pontoon into water that was shallower than he thought.
The community is rallying behind a Minnetonka man who suffered a spinal cord injury while swimming in Lake Minnetonka Saturday.
At an early hour on a near perfect Saturday morning, it seems like the entire Minnesota biking community came together for the annual "Tour De 'Tonka" ride.
A pillar of smoke hung over Lake Minnetonka Saturday evening after a boat caught fire on the water.
Two brothers living on Lake Minnetonka have a big fish story to tell. James and Johnny Range Jr. are part of a fishing league on the lake, and they reeled in a huge muskie Tuesday night.
One of the busiest spots to drop anchor on Lake Minnetonka is also the most likely place to find boaters' trash. Over the weekend, boaters will spend hours at Big Island. By Monday, the area is littered with garbage.
Everywhere you look, there is beauty at 6Smith in Wayzata. You can't miss the gorgeous Lake Minnetonka view from the patio and upper deck; there's beauty in the upscale urban design of the dining room; and the food can also be beautiful.
A 42-year-old man was injured after he drove his boat into shallow water on Saturday, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. The accident occurred on the east side of Cruiser's Cove on Lake Minnetonka, authorities said.
Minnesota's lakes and rivers are always a top destination over the Fourth of July. But last year's record rain led to no-wake restrictions on several lakes around the state. For businesses that rely on that boating traffic it made for a quiet holiday on the water, but this year is a much different story.
The Fourth of July is the busiest day out on metro area lakes. And it makes for a hectic weekend for water patrols. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office have extra patrols out on Lake Minnetonka this weekend.
Since 2010, the Minnesota Department of Health confirmed two E. coli 0157 outbreaks at a swimming beach in Bemidji and on Big Island of Lake Minnetonka. At least six swimmers became ill after ingesting the lake water.
For Pat and Judy Thompson, it was a "five-hour window of fearing the worst." On Friday as the couple from Minnetonka, Minnesota, were getting ready for their day, Judy Thompson flipped on the TV and heard about a sightseeing plane carrying cruise ship passengers that crashed in Alaska, killing all nine on board. The news rattled the couple.
We tend to celebrate Independence Day with more zest and gusto than any other holiday. Here are five particularly unique events going down in Minnesota this year.
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