BIG cool down coming Halloween week

Hope you chose a warm costume this year because it’s about to get even colder. Outside of our glorious 3-day stretch of mid to upper 60s this past weekend, it’s been a fairly cool month so far. Although, this may pale in comparison to what’s potentially on the horizon.

Minnesota girl bags 12-point buck first time hunting

Deer hunting trends in Minnesota may be on the decline, but one Chisago City girl is keeping the tradition alive with a remarkable first hunt.

Police officers help tangled bald eagles in Apple Valley, Minnesota

Police officers in Apple Valley, Minnesota helped a pair of bald eagles Monday that were tangled together and unable to fly. 

Man says alligator found in Prior Lake, Minnesota was his escaped pet

Weeks after a young Minnesota girl found an alligator near her grandparents' home, a man said the reptile was his pet that escaped months ago.

DNR mandates chronic wasting testing for certain permit zones

This deer hunting season, deer harvested in four separate parts of Minnesota will need to be brought to the Department of Natural Resources so they can be tested for chronic wasting disease.

2019 is now one of the top 10 wettest years in Twin Cities history

This may come as a bit of a shock (clearly sarcasm), but the Twin Cities has now seen one of our top ten wettest years… and we still have 2 and a half months to go.

Asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth in more than a century Monday night

According to NASA’s JPL, the giant space rock known as 2019 TA7 will skim past Earth at a distance of roughly 930,000 miles, making its closest approach to Earth in nearly 115 years.

First flakes fly in the Twin Cities

While it certainly seems really early in the fall to already get some snowflakes in the Twin Cities, turns out, it’s not all that unusual.

Cold front moves through Twin Cities Thursday night, wind chills in 20s expected Friday

While snow is often the headline, it will be taking a backseat the upcoming few days to our cold that will affect all of us. Now, I’m not saying that we can’t get some flakes in the Twin Cities and even some light accumulations in northwestern Minnesota, but it will be the cold that is the MUCH bigger story around here into the weekend.