winter driving

Showers and even a thunderstorm or two rumbled through the area Friday morning. A wind advisory is out for Dakota, Rice, Goodhue, Waseca, Steele, Faribault, Freeborn, Dodge, Mower, Olmstead and Fillmore counties that will be in effect from noon until midnight on Friday...

It does not look like this weekend's impending snow event will be as much of a big deal for us as it will be for northern Minnesota. Which, if you are planning on heading that way early for the holiday, you may want to stay on top of the latest forecasts...

We have been getting bursts of snow showers around the Faribault area and to the north, and even more so in areas north of the Twin Cities. The Minnesota State Patrol has reported numerous accidents in that area. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reporting crashes at Interstate 94 and Interstate 694, at Interstate 35 and Minnesota Highway 13 in Burnsville, and and northbound Minnesota