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Continued frigid temperatures but diminishing winds
Winds are much lighter than they were on Christmas, but with temperatures like these it does not take much wind to produce nasty wind chills.
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Makeovers a week away for Minneapolis, St. Paul city halls

Mayors-elect Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter III assume their new posts in Minneapolis and St. Paul next Tuesday. But events to mark the changeovers will stretch into the coming weeks.

Minnesota house fire kills 2 adults, injures 2 children

The Hibbing Fire Department said the fire was reported at 1:37 a.m. Tuesday and destroyed the home before crews put out the blaze.

Will the 2017 measles outbreak spur a new law in 2018?

In 2017, Minnesota suffered its largest measles outbreak in nearly 30 years. Looking ahead to 2018, a growing number of Minnesotans are hoping for a change in the law that would make it harder for parents to opt out of immunizations for their children.

Inside the whiskey revolution in northern Minnesota

One craft distiller in Hallock, Minn., got a state grant to study how different rye varieties affect taste in whiskey. The results, he says, show promise for the state's booze industry.

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Walking in the woods in winter with naturalist Kathy Heidel

During a nature hike in 1983, naturalist Kathy Heidel uses animal tracks to show reporter Dan Olson how small mammals manage to get around in the deep snow, without snowshoes.

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