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Farmers’ Almanac Predicting a Wet Winter Whirlwind Ahead
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The Farmers' Almanac is out with its winter prediction for 2024-2025. Taking into account that a La Nina is expected to develop and hang on through the season, the Farmers' Almanac is calling it a Wet Winter Whirlwind. That means most regions will be wet and cold.
Throw It Away ASAP! Massive Cucumber Minnesota & Iowa Recall
Some Minnesota and Iowa residents might not be feeling the greatest after eating cucumber. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising Minnesotans and Iowans to stay away from cucumbers. Cucumbers from growers in Florida are being recalled for possible Salmonella contamination. Infections are spreading across 31 states...
Foley Man Hurt in Benton County Crash
FOLEY (WJON News) -- A Foley man was hurt in an early morning crash. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 5:00 a.m. Monday at the intersection of County Road 6 and Highway 95 in Glendorado Township. A pickup driven by 66-year-old Terrance Dusharm of Foley was...
Metallica leaves Minnesota nonprofit with parting gift
MINNEAPOLIS — Music fans who attended one of last weekend's Metallica shows will likely tell you this is a band that makes a lasting impact with their hard-hitting volume, speed metal solos and sophisticated song arrangements. A Twin Cities nonprofit appreciates the boys from the bay as well, but...
Man Who Held Hostages At St. Cloud Bank Sentenced
(St. Cloud, MN) — A Waite Park man who pleaded guilty to holding bank employees hostage during a bank robbery in St. Cloud over three years ago is going to prison. Ray McNeary has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars. Judge Jeffrey Bryan also sentenced McNeary...
One of Minnesota’s JC Penney Stores Has Closed Permanently
It's been a moment of closings in Minnesota lately. A movie theater in Rochester just shuttered for good. And now, a JC Penney store in the Land of 10,000 Lakes has closed permanently. Another JC Penney Store Has Closed in Minnesota. When one of the places where a core memory...
Native views at the DNC
CHICAGO — The energy is much different heading into the Democratic National Convention than when I traveled to the Republican version in Wisconsin a month ago. So much has changed in a month — like the top of the Democratic ticket. The platform Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz will present to voters […]
Walz surprises Wisconsin's delegation at DNC, Democratic leaders express excitement for Harris-Walz ticket
CHICAGO (WKBT) -- On Monday, Wisconsin's delegation got a VIP treatment with VP nominee Tim Walz surprising them bright and early, along with other top Democrats who are pushing that winning the white house means winning Wisconsin.
Police investigating deadly shooting in south Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Police are investigating a deadly shooting Monday in Minneapolis' Powderhorn neighborhood. According to the Minneapolis Police Department, one person has died after a shooting Monday afternoon on the 3300 block of 3rd Avenue South. Authorities have not released any additional information, including whether any arrests have been...
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