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Twin Cities Motorcycle Crash Leads to 11th Death in Seven Days on Minnesota’s Roads
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- A motorcyclist lost her life in a crash on a freeway in the Twin Cities early Friday morning. She’s become at least the eleventh person to die on Minnesota’s roads in the past week. A motorcyclist, identified as 20-year-old Cooper Russell Bertram of Elko also died in a construction zone I-35 Wednesday night in southern Scott County.
Clouds and isolated showers Friday in the Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS — An area of low pressure pushes across Minnesota on Friday, keeping things cloudy with a chance for isolated showers and thundershowers all day. It will be cooler yet muggy with a forecast high of 75 degrees in the Twin Cities.Expect more clouds and chances for isolated showers early on Saturday, especially in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Nothing severe is expected.Sunday is the pick of the weekend under a mostly sunny sky, besides some possible morning fog, and temps back into the low 80s.That sunny, mild setup will carry over into Monday and Tuesday, and perhaps longer with growing uncertainty about our next rain chance mid-week even coming to fruition.
Minnesota Loses A Staggering Amount Of Daylight In August
It seems to happen so fast every year, and I'm always caught off guard. The days get short, and it almost feels like someone hit a switch. Just a couple of weeks ago it was still bright at 9 pm. Then, it hit me. Last night I looked at my wife at about 8:40 pm and said, "Holy, it's already pitch black out."
Air quality alert expanded in northern Minnesota due to wildfire smoke
MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for northwest Minnesota. The alert took effect at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 16 and has now been expanded until Monday afternoon. It now also has expanded west to include areas out passed...
Minnesota’s D.A.R.E. Program To Pivot From Drugs to Cyberbullying
Remember the D.A.R.E. program in school? We were never ever ever ever ever ever gonna do drugs, because the lion in a t-shirt (and NO PANTS) told us not to and to also snitch on our parents if we caught them doing drugs, whether it was recreational drugs or prescription drugs. We didn't know the difference, we just saw "drugs" and snitched.
Where Is Minnesota Looking At Adding A New Freeway?
I've been waiting years for some road relief, and while it's not coming to the St. Cloud area, at least in terms of a new freeway, the state of Minnesota is looking at converting a highway in the North Metro into the newest freeway. The move would eliminate stoplights and add over or underpasses for those intersections.
StormTeam 3: Scattered showers today and tomorrow, sun returns Sunday
Another round of scattered showers are possible for both Friday and Saturday afternoon and evenings as energy from a mature low pressure system to our north continues to feed shower chances. If you have any outdoor plans today or tomorrow, please stay weather aware as those plans could get a...
Walz viewed more favorably than Vance: Survey
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was recently selected as Vice President Harris’s running mate, is seen more favorably than former President Trump’s vice presidential selection, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), according to a poll released Friday. The ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey found 39 percent of respondents said they either have a “strongly” or “somewhat” positive…
Utah women supporting Kamala Harris share their ‘why’
Gwen Walz, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, headlined a Zoom call Thursday evening hosted by a group of Utah women drumming up support for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. On the call, Gwen Walz talked about her time as a teacher. She said that’s how she met her husband, when they […]
Sun Country flight attendants vote to authorize strike
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The union representing flight attendants for Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines says those members have voted to authorize a strike. In a news release sent out Thursday, union leaders said the nearly 600 flight attendants who staff Sun Country flights have not had a pay adjustment since 2016, and are far behind colleagues at similar carriers when it comes to compensation. The union maintains that Sun Country Airlines exceeded $1 billion in revenue for the first time last year, and reported greater revenue than ever before in the first quarter of 2024.
What to know about Tim Walz’s 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he responded
MINNEAPOLIS — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered politics — is getting renewed scrutiny. Walz was a 31-year-old teacher when he was stopped the night of Sept. 23, 1995, near Chadron, Nebraska. He pleaded guilty in March […] The post What to know about Tim Walz’s 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he responded appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
Minnesota child care providers put a pause on revising licensing standards
By Kyra Miles, MPR News When Cyndi Cunningham heard the Minnesota Department of Human Services was not going to present its revised child care standards in the 2025 legislative session, she said she was excited and relieved. “What was most concerning was not as much the detail as the disrespectful process,” Cunningham said. In 2021, […] The post Minnesota child care providers put a pause on revising licensing standards appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
South Dakota and Minnesota: Weekend Weather Outlook with Storms and Sunshine
Sioux Falls, SD – Southwest Minnesota is expected to experience afternoon showers and thunderstorms today, accompanied by breezy northwest winds. Residents should prepare for possible scattered showers, with temperatures ranging from the low 70s to the upper 80s. This will mark a brief period of unsettled weather before a significant shift towards dry and sunny conditions over the weekend.
Suspect in Deadly Minnesota Hit & Run Arrested on Murder Charge
Maplewood, MN (KROC-AM News) - A suspect in a deadly hit and run that occurred in the Twin Cities Wednesday night has been arrested. The Maplewood Public Safety Department says 34-year-old Ashley Renee Couch of St. Paul was taken into custody Thursday afternoon with assistance from the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.
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