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Stewartville Firefighters Battle Blaze at LRS Recycling Facility
Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Stewartville Fire Department was called into action Saturday after a fire broke out inside a recycling facility operated by LRS Waste Management. A news release on the incident says Stewartville firefighters were dispatched to the recycling transfer center on the southwest edge of Stewartville...
Monday starts off sunny, but storms possible again in the evening
MILWAUKEE — Southeastern Wisconsin will start with sunny skies Monday, but conditions will be very hot and humid. Temperatures will climb into the low 90s, with dew points in the low 70s, making it feel more like the upper 90s, possibly near 100 degrees in some areas. Showers and...
More chances for severe storms in Minnesota loom going into Monday
MINNEAPOLIS — Parts of Minnesota are still assessing damage after storms late Saturday and overnight left some with large hail, and others with high winds that knocked down trees and led to power outages for tens of thousands.And we may not be finished with the severe storms just yet. WCCO meteorologist Katie Steiner says that there's another chance for storms today, and Monday brings with it a marginal to slight risk of severe weather.Steiner says one silver lining is that the National Weather Service canceled the heat advisory for the Twin Cities. High temperatures could still flirt with 90 degrees,...
Minnesota Republicans prepare for Trump ending the state’s blue winning streak
Minnesota Republicans say chaos within the Democratic Party over the fate of President Joe Biden is pushing the historically blue state closer to the GOP in time for the Republican National Convention. In the weeks following Biden’s poor debate performance, several swing-state seats and battleground states have leaned more in favor of Republicans and former […]
ICPD identifies suspects accused of assaulting homeless man downtown
Iowa City Police say they’ve identified the suspects accused of assaulting a homeless man downtown earlier this week. On Tuesday, the ICPD released a video of a suspect assaulting a homeless man who was sleeping near the bicycle racks outside the Iowa City Public Library just after 1:00 Tuesday morning. The video shows another suspect assaulting the same person less than ten minutes later. The suspects returned to the area a third time and were seen on video sprinting through the alley next to the Iowa City Senior Center at 1:20 am.
Minnesota weather: Twin Cities hits 90 degrees for first time this year
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Twin Cities and St. Cloud hit 90 degrees for the first time this year, after a rainy summer kept temperatures relatively cool. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), along with the St. Cloud Airport, recorded 90 degrees Sunday. The NWS's third climate site in Eau Claire, Wisconsin still has not hit that 90-degree mark.
(UPDATED) Rochester Included in Severe Storm Warning
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota... Northeastern Mower County in southeastern Minnesota... Southeastern Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota... Northwestern Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota... * Until 715 PM CDT. * At 623 PM CDT, a severe...
This Minnesota Suburb Has the Worst Credit Card Debt in the State
Credit Card debt is soaring throughout the United States and Minnesota is no exception. However, certain cities are racking up debt far more than others. On average, one Twin Cities Suburb has the highest amount of debt in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. As for the least, one surprising...
What You Need to Know About Your Minnesota Driver’s License
According to the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, there are more than 4 million (4,273,027) licensed drivers in Minnesota and most of those people have a Class D driver's license. I have one, but I honestly didn't know what the classification meant beyond being able to drive...
Storms possible and VERY muggy through Monday, then comfortable and quiet by midweek
It has been quite the day across portions of our area in southeastern Minnesota, with powerful t-storms racing through producing everything from wind damage to hail, even to a tornado just SW of Kenyon, MN. Not only that, but it was VERY humid with dew points in the 70F’s and temperatures in the mid 80F’s.
Minnesota Has Recently Certified 9 New Record Fish
In March, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources made changes to the record fish program, which has led to a steady interest by anglers in documenting their largest catches. The changes made included expanding the catch-and-release record category to add additional species and also making more space for records in...
Worst Season For Earwigs Could Now Be Headed To Minnesota
They're usually found across our fair state about this time of year in late summer, but is a bumper crop of earwigs now ready to descend on Minnesota?. Minnesota may be the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but we might also be the Land of 10,000 (or likely way more) common earwigs later this summer, if what's happening in other nearby states also happens here in our neck of the woods.
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