Winter storm fallout: Hundreds of crashes, roads still closed, transit resuming
I-90 is still closed west of Albert Lea as of 11 a.m.
Minnesota school closings for March 5, 2025
(FOX 9) - Numerous schools are closed or delayed on Wednesday. Snow started Tuesday night and continued during the overnight hours. Heavy snow will taper to lighter snow and then flurries through the morning commute, with difficult travel expected as the cleanup process continues. A winter storm warning is in...
MN weather: Gov. Walz authorizes National Guard to help after snowstorm
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Gov. Tim Walz has authorized the Minnesota National Guard to help support communities after the March snowstorm. Walz on Tuesday declared a peacetime emergency and authorized the Minnesota National Guard to provide support for emergency storm operations after heavy snowfall and blizzard-like...
Minnesota governor declares peacetime emergency due to snowstorm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has declared a peacetime emergency following a spring snowstorm that brought heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions to the state Wednesday. Walz's executive order , which is effective immediately, authorizes the Minnesota National Guard to provide support for emergency storm operations....
16-year-old charged in Columbia Heights shooting
A 16-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting a man in the north Twin Cities metro overnight Friday into Saturday. A criminal complaint filed in juvenile court shows the boy was charged with first-degree manslaughter for the incident that happened near the 4200 block of Central Avenue Northeast in Columbia...
Semi-truck teeters on edge of MN bridge [RAW]
A semi-truck is teetering on the edge of a bridge near on Interstate 694 at White Bear Avenue during Wednesday morning's snowstorm. Here's traffic camera footage of the incident.
WI State patrol urges no travel on I-94 westbound due to whiteout conditions
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - As of 10:30 a.m., the Wisconsin State Patrol is reporting 61 run-offs. There have also been 14 crashes with property damage and four crashes with injuries. A late winter storm is causing travel headaches across Western Wisconsin with several run-offs and crashes reported on I-94...
Black Shoppers Plan to Take a ‘Target Fast’ for Lent
Since Target gave up on DEI, Rev. Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church believes Black shoppers should send a message by giving up Target. In 1955, fed up with segregation on city transit buses, Black people in Birmingham, Alabama, refused to ride them at all. The months-long boycott, which hit downtown...
Minnesotans fear food stamp cuts as food shelf visits reach all-time high
It was standing-room only in the waiting room of PRISM's food shelf in Golden Valley on Monday morning, as customers awaited their turn to fill a cart with items like eggs, onions, bread and diapers. "By the time you pay your rent everything's gone," said first-time visitor Marie Ray-Taylor, 78....
Auditor to review Minneapolis death investigation
The Minneapolis city auditor will conduct a special review of the police department’s investigation into Allison Lussier’s death, a move welcomed by her family.