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Snow, icebergs, deluge: 5 weirdest days this spring

MPR News Staff June 16, 2014, 1:11 PM Jun 16, 2014

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There’s nothing quite like spring in Minnesota, when the elements conspire to ruin your outdoor parties, delay your home projects, kill your baseball and, occasionally, attempt to kill you. Read more →

Mpls. and St. Paul public schools closed Thurs.

Molly Bloom January 22, 2014, 8:23 PM Jan 22, 2014

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Temperatures will struggle to reach zero across the state tomorrow — and a number of schools will be closed due to the frigid weather. The list of districts that will be closed tomorrow includes: Anoka-Hennepin Bloomington Eastern Carver County Eden Prairie Edina Hudson, Wis. Minneapolis Minnetonka Orono Prior Lake-Savage Richfield St. Louis Park St. Paul Read more →

Photos: The dark and long winter

Michael Olson April 15, 2013, 10:41 AM Apr 15, 2013

Midwesterners have a reputation for tolerating, even embracing winter. But this long winter is testing even the most hearty among them.

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Photos: April snowstorm sloshes through Minnesota

Michael Olson April 11, 2013, 5:32 AM Apr 11, 2013

Freezing rain and snow soaks Minnesota in a late winter storm. Downed trees and dangerous road conditions reported across the state. Here is a look at what people are saying and sharing on social media about the storm.

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Major power outage in Worthington as ice storm rolls through Minnesota [Photos]

Michael Olson April 10, 2013, 11:37 AM Apr 10, 2013

Ice covered much of Southwestern Minnesota and South Dakota as a large multi-day winter storm plowed through the Midwest.

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Does late spring raise the flood risk?

Dan Gunderson April 5, 2013, 6:00 AM Apr 5, 2013

A two inch rain on top of melting snow could quickly change the flood outlook.

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Spring has sprung in Minnesota

Michael Olson March 15, 2012, 12:16 PM Mar 15, 2012

Minnesotans embrace an unseasonably warm spring after a mild winter.

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Spring weather brings geese north

Mark Steil March 7, 2012, 1:51 PM Mar 7, 2012

About 5,000 geese arrived this week at the Talcott Lake Wildlife Management Area near Worthington, Minn.

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Leap Day storm in photos

Michael Olson March 1, 2012, 2:08 PM Mar 1, 2012

A Leap Day winter storm dumped a blanket of ice and heavy, wet snow across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin causing car accidents, power outages and closing public gatherings. Further south, in Illinois, tornadoes broke out leaving 6 dead and over 100 injured.

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Semi-trailer sinks in icy pond by I-94

MPR News Staff January 6, 2012, 9:49 AM Jan 6, 2012

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A semi-trailer headed eastbound on Interstate 94 drove off the road onto a pond near Monticello this morning, then broke through the thin ice and sank.

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Snow, icebergs, deluge: 5 weirdest days this spring

Mpls. and St. Paul public schools closed Thurs.

Photos: The dark and long winter

Photos: April snowstorm sloshes through Minnesota

Major power outage in Worthington as ice storm rolls through Minnesota [Photos]

Does late spring raise the flood risk?

Spring has sprung in Minnesota

Spring weather brings geese north

Leap Day storm in photos

Semi-trailer sinks in icy pond by I-94