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(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...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued through 6 AM Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect across portions of southeastern Minnesota until 6 AM Sunday. This includes the cities of Rochester, Red Wing, Winona, and Preston. A complex of thunderstorms in moving southeast through Minnesota and Wisconsin and is producing strong wind gusts, hail,...
Fire Suppression Tool from Slinger helps rescue 2 dogs from house fire in Minnesota | By Fire Suppression Solutions
Washington Co., MN – Fire Suppression Solutions, 3744 Lover’s Lane, Slinger, WI, learned of the successful outcome of a fire in neighboring Minnesota following the use of its Fire Suppression Tool (FST). On February 19, 2024, tragedy struck the Gisselquist Family in St. Paul Park, MN, as their...
More Republicans than Democrats running for Minnesota House of Representatives for the first time since 2014
There are 284 candidates running in Minnesota’s August 13 House primaries. Among them are 141 Democrats and 143 Republicans. This was the first time since 2014 that there were more Republicans running for the State House than Democrats. The average number of candidates running in primary elections for the...
Minnesota Man Vanished in River After Rescuing His Children
Elk River, MN (KROC-AM News) - A search effort continues this afternoon along the Mississippi River on the northwestern edge of the Twin Cities. The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office says the search was launched late Friday morning after deputies responded to a section of the river in Elk River after receiving reports that a man had gone underwater and failed to resurface. The 911 call came in around 11:45 AM.
Severe Storms Possible Today Across Southern Minnesota
There's a threat of severe storms across southern Minnesota today, tomorrow, and Monday. A line of thunderstorms over western Minnesota will track southeast through central and eastern Minnesota today. The main severe risk will likely be late this afternoon and evening. Large hail and damaging wind gusts in excess of...
Beating the heat at Soldiers Field Pool
ROCHESTER, Minn. - With the first heat wave in Rochester set to be this weekend, we hit up Soldiers Field Pool to see how people are enjoying the new amenity and beating the heat. Soldiers Field Pool aquatics director Sam Sonnabend says, "we happen to have about 2,000 to 3,000...
Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms
HOUSTON (AP) — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where several dozen seniors had lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Joe and Terri Hackl, who had pulled up with the backup electricity source after delivering...
Fillmore County Relay for Life
(ABC 6 News) — This year’s Fillmore County Relay for Life is being held on Main Street in Spring Valley from 6-11 PM on Friday. So far, the 12 teams participating have raised nearly $35,000 for the American Cancer Society, but it is more than just a late-night walk.
Favored Minnesota GOP candidate to suspend House bid to help Trump campaign
Tayler Rahm, a Republican congressional candidate in Minnesota, is expected to end his campaign for a House seat in the coming days to lead presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign efforts in the state, according to a new report. Rahm will suspend his campaign bid ahead of the GOP primary in mid-August, the Star-Tribune […]
Minnesota weather: Staying cool amid high temperatures
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Temperatures this weekend are expected to be the hottest of the year so far, and a heat advisory is in place for much of the Twin Cities metro until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Here are some tips to stay safe and cool during this weekend's heat...
St. Cloud’s Coborn’s, CentraCare Make List of Biggest Minnesota Employers
Two St. Cloud-based companies have made this year's list of the 40 biggest employers in the state of Minnesota. In an analysis done by The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal [behind paywall], employment numbers for St. Cloud-based CentraCare shrunk in 2024 from 2023 levels, while St. Cloud-headquartered Coborn's Inc grew. Health...
Cannabis business license preapproval to begin for verified retailers
ST PAUL, Minn. — Legal recreational cannabis in Minnesota will clear another hurdle this week, as the state's Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced it will start preapproving business licenses. In a statement Friday, the office said applicants who have already been deemed verified to meet social equity eligibility...
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