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- Updraft: Dense fog, heavy snow, cold immersion
Dense fog and periods of drizzle, perhaps freezing drizzle, will hamper travel in much of the southern two-thirds of Minnesota and into Iowa and Wisconsin.January 28, 2013 - Rain, sleet, snow: Hundreds of car crashes
Driving across much of the southern third of Minnesota is a mess this morning, with slippery roads and a thick fog advisory in the area. Roads from Lake City to Austin are in the worst condition.January 28, 2013 - Lake Superior guide goes through ice, dies
The Ashland County Sheriff's Office says 34-year-old James Hudson, of Bayfield, broke through in the channel between Long Island and the mainland.January 28, 2013 - Icy roads snarl travel in southern Minn.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says icy conditions are making travel difficult in southern Minnesota.January 27, 2013 - Spotty Midwestern snow a mixed bag for businesses
Winter is increasingly fickle in the Upper Midwest, where dry, mild weather is making life difficult for businesses that rely on abundant snow. Even as icy temperatures gripped the region over the past week, snowfall remained spotty -- a feast in some locales, a famine elsewhere.January 26, 2013 - Minnesota sees coldest temperatures in years
University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley talks with MPR's Cathy Wurzer about the weather.January 25, 2013 - Photos: Minnesota's bitterly cold, brightly beautiful winter
We've all heard complaints about Minnesota's cold weather in the last week or two, but some enterprising area photographers have been out capturing our frigid winter's beauty. Here's some of their work.January 25, 2013 - Life goes on in Embarrass at -42F
You might think activity in a small township in northern Minnesota would come to a standstill when the temperature drops to 42 below zero.January 24, 2013 - Firefighters battle fire in -17F Hibbing
Firefighters from several agencies are battling a restaurant fire in Hibbing where temperatures are 17 below zero.January 24, 2013 - Yah, it's cold: Arctic blast keeps its grip
Among the coldest temperatures recorded Tuesday was 35 below at Crane Lake, Minn. The coldest location in the lower 48 states Monday was Embarrass, Minn., at 36 below. On Sunday it was Babbitt, Minn., at 29 below, according to the National Weather Service.January 23, 2013 - Schools closed in northern Minn. due to cold
School children across northern Minnesota are enjoying an extra day off today because of frigid cold weather.January 22, 2013 - Arctic cold settles in across Minnesota
Some schools in Minnesota plan to close or open late as the coldest air of the winter settles in.January 21, 2013 - Minn-Arctica: Extreme cold across state on MLK holiday
Subzero temperatures across the state made for a bitterly cold Martin Luther King Day.January 21, 2013 - Twins statues at Target Field get sweaters
Just in time for the state's latest cold snap, a handful of statues of classic Minnesota Twins players outside Target Field will be outfitted with custom-knit sweaters, hats and scarves.January 20, 2013 - Subzero weather brings risk of frostbite, hypothermia
The risk of frostbite and hypothermia is high this weekend as temperatures dip below zero across much of the state.January 20, 2013
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