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Rain Possible for the Weekend

jim_maurice_200x200 By Jim Maurice 4 days ago

Some high based showers will struggle to get rain to the ground this morning, but otherwise it is looking dry until Saturday and Sunday as a cold front slowly moves through.

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Mosquitoes Arriving Soon

lee_fan By Lee Voss 4 days ago

It won't be long now before we hear the buzzing of Minnesota's "other" state bird...the mosquito. The annoying insects will be here soon.

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Minnesota Apple Crop Mostly Survives Untimely Frost

By The Associated Press 5 days ago

The sudden cold snap that interrupted Minnesota's warm spring five weeks ago doesn't appear to have been as big a disaster for the state's apple crop as initially feared. The frost bit hard the nights of April 9 and 10 while many trees were blooming unusually early.

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Pet Patrol: Meet Mack + Striper at the Tri-County Humane Society

By Heather Schmitz 5 days ago

Meet Mack and Striper. Two friendly pets waiting to call your laps their new homes.

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Food Truck Popular Place for Downtown Lunch [AUDIO]

jim_maurice_200x200 By Jim Maurice 5 days ago

With popular TV shows like "The Great American Food Truck Race" on the Food Network, food trucks are a hot new trend. For Joey and Melissa Ryan of St. Cloud the show inspired them to buy a truck of their own.

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Rivetts Sentenced in Fatal Hummer Crash

lee_fan By Lee Voss 5 days ago

The driver of a Hummer that struck and killed a motorist near Opole in August of 2009 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentencing of 44-year-old Eugene Rivetts ends a 2-and-a-half year saga as to who was the driver of the Hummer.

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United Way of Central Minnesota Names New CEO

mecool By Abby Faulkner 5 days ago

The United Way of Central Minnesota has selected Patrick Powell of Omaha, Nebraska as their new leader.

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Little Falls Woman Sues City Over Political Yard Signs

By The Associated Press 5 days ago

A Little Falls woman is suing the city after officials ordered her to remove the political signs in her yard. Robin Hensel's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, says the city violated her constitutional right to free speech last fall by ordering her to remove the signs, which supported the Occupy Wall Street and peace movements.

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Michael Smerconish Plays the Paramount

bob_hughes_currey By Bob Hughes 5 days ago

The only thing better than having Michael Smerconish broadcast his nationally syndicated radio show from our WJON studio yesterday was the show he brought to the Paramount last night.

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Twins To Activate Morneau From DL

jay_caldwell_200x200 By Jay Caldwell 5 days ago

The Twins are expected to activate first baseman Justin Morneau from the 15-day disabled list today in time for him to play tonight at Detroit. Morneau has been on the disabled list for the past 15 days with a sore left wrist. He's been taking batting practice the last couple of days and is reporting no problems. Morneau in 20 games was batting .230 with 4 homeruns and 9 RBIs this season.

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