Weather

In an annual rite of the approaching spring, a team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers went out on the ice covering Lake Pepin this week and took measurements of the ice as part of the agency’s process of preparing from the upcoming shipping season.

The winter storm that moved across southern Minnesota Sunday dropped 6 - 12 inches of snow.

The National Weather Service had predicted half a foot or more of snow would fall across south-central and southeastern Minnesota.

An expected winter storm watch for south-central and southeastern Minnesota was upgraded to a warning early Saturday.

Sue Mickelson of Albert Lea, better known as the popcorn lady, recently went through a successful kidney transplant. Her kidney donor? Her husband Jon.

Minnesotans know a thing or two about streaking during the winter, sunless streaks that is, the record is 15 consecutive days without sun back in 1972.

There have now been three fatal crashes on snow-covered highways in the New Ulm area this week.

It appears that Minnesotans are still not very good when it comes to winter driving, as the State Patrol responded to nearly 1200 crashes in the last 24 hours.

The Minnesota State Patrol says Friday’s winter storm kept its troopers busy well into Friday evening dealing with accidents and mishaps around the entire state.

The Minnesota State Patrol says Friday’s winter storm kept its troopers busy well into Friday evening dealing with accidents and mishaps around the entire state.