If you like the cold you'll love this week; 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.