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Wild week of US weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. Millions of people in the Midwest have been enduring dangerous heat and humidity. An emergency medicine physician treating Minnesota State Fair-goers...
ALERT DAY is in effect for severe t-storms this evening! Dry & Quiet for Friday
WHAT WE ARE TRACKING: A cold front brings more showers and strong to severe thunderstorms this evening and overnight before dry and cooler air arrives for Friday. Pleasant and quiet conditions are expected for Labor Day Weekend. NEXT 24 HRS: A line or several lines of thunderstorms associated with the cold front should move through the area just after the evening commute, eventually pushing east of the area after midnight. The main line should move through the area between 7 pm – 1 am. The main risk of these storms is damaging winds. Heavy rain is also possible in localized areas, especially in NE Iowa and SW Wisconsin, where the storms become more west-to-east oriented and train over the same location. Cloud cover decreases after the activity diminishes tonight, with temperatures falling in the 60s. Less humid and drier arrives on Friday with sunny skies by the afternoon. Temperatures will only climb into the 70s to low 80s with a breeze from the north.
Minnesota BCA looking for help finding Joshua Woolsey, 40
FOLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) needs help finding a missing 40-year-old man.The BCA says Joshua Woolsey was last seen Aug. 9 in the Foley area, which is just northeast of St. Cloud.At that time, he was wearing a Fox racing shirt, tan cargo shorts and flip flops. The BCA says Woolsey may be in the Twin Cities. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on where he might be, call 911, the Foley Police Department at 320-968-0800 or the Benton County Dispatch at 320-968-7201.
If you think you're hot, imagine working the deep fryer at the State Fair!
Monday’s Excessive Heat hasn’t seemed to stop fairgoers or workers at the Great Minnesota Get-Together. As the dew point nears 80 making it feel like over 100-plus, lines are still long and streets are still packed. Beverage sales? Gangbusters.
Minnesota Win First Championship In Thriller
The Minnesota Wind Chill defeated the Carolina Flyers 17-16 in the championship game to win their first UFA title. The Wind Chill entered the final four weekend as the last seed, but prevailed over two favored contenders thanks to a true team effort and a defensive intensity that limited opponents to just 29 goals combined.
Former Gopher Casey O’Brien battling cancer for 6th time
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Casey O’Brien was diagnosed with and beat cancer five times during his time as a holder on special teams with the University of Minnesota football team. He got to be on the field to hold an extra point at Rutgers in 2019, one of the...
30 years later, St. Paul police name station after fallen officer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Thirty years ago, this Monday, St. Paul lived through one of its darkest days. A man shot and killed two police officers, Ron Ryan, Jr., and Tim Jones, and a K9 partner. The manhunt lasted for hours before officers took the man into custody.
Lake Minnetonka communities crack down on youth e-bike use amid concerns
EXCELSIOR, Minn. (FOX 9) - The cities of Excelsior and Greenwood are tackling safety concerns with e-bike use among youth, saying a new helmet law has improved the problem. Last summer, Fox 9 reported on an influx of e-bike traffic in downtown Excelsior and reports of teenagers driving too fast, not wearing helmets, and disobeying traffic laws.
Cooling centers open in Twin Cities metro area. MPD investigates fatal shooting of teen
ListenCooling centers open in Twin Cities metro area. MPD investigates fatal shooting of teen. Monday will be another hot, humid day for much of the region. With excessive heat in the Twin Cities metro area, cooling centers are once again open to the public. And Minneapolis police are investigating the...
Fair-goers scorched by heartland heat wave take refuge under misters as some schools let out early
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or called off sports practices. Highs approaching the century mark combined with oppressive humidity to made it feel like 105 to 115 degrees (40 to 46 Celsius) across the country’s heartland, the National Weather Service said. It issued heat warnings or advisories for large swaths of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. “There’s going to be some records in play today,” warned Ashton Robinson Cook, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. Several cities opened cooling centers, including in Des Moines, Iowa, where city buses were available to give people free rides to the sites. Experts urged those venturing outside to drink plenty of water.
Minnesota’s Minimum Wage to Rise January 1st, 2025
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is reminding employers ahead of January 1st that new minimum-wage rates will be going into effect. The 2024 legislature revised the law to remove the reduced minimum wages for small employers so that the minimum wage rate will be $11.13 for all employers including J-1 visa wages for hotels, motels, and lodging businesses. The changes also include workers under 18-years-old.
Excessive Heat Warnings Now Issued In These 12 Minnesota Counties
For those who thought summer weather was behind us and were already in a pumpkin spice frame of mind, the start of this week served as a great reminder that summer is still very much here. Throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, the story of the day Monday was the hot weather,...
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