MINNESOTA
Man charged in assault at youth game
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A Minneapolis man is charged with assaulting a boys basketball commissioner and a parent at a tournament in Burnsville.March 12, 2010
Hamm revokes insurance agent's license
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of a Minnesota insurance agent who lost his license in that state.March 12, 2010
Minn. National Guard pilots due home
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Five soldiers from Minnesota's National Guard Detachment 39 are returning home after a one-year stint in Afghanistan.March 12, 2010
Rain, warm weather erode Minn. snowmobile trails
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Department of Natural Resources is warning that snowmobiling conditions may be unsafe in many parts of Minnesota.March 12, 2010
Grygla man charged in death of 4-month-old son
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Grygla man has been charged with murdering his infant son, who died in August of traumatic head injuries.March 12, 2010
Disaster aid offered to farmers in 37 MN counties
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making disaster aid available to farmers in 37 Minnesota counties, mostly in the northern two-thirds of the state.March 12, 2010
Minnesota Supreme Court's chief justice to leave
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court says he's stepping down after two years on the bench.March 11, 2010
Minneapolis schools end lockdown in 2nd day
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A lockdown has ended at Minneapolis Public Schools after police say a threat made on a social networking site turned out to be not credible.March 11, 2010
$2 million bond set for accused bar shooter
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) - Bond was set at $2 million Thursday for a man accused of opening fire in a bar in northeastern Minnesota, killing one man and injuring two others.March 11, 2010
Governor accused of siphoning staff from agencies
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Senate leader plans to hold a hearing on concerns that Gov. Tim Pawlenty is siphoning staff from other state agencies for use in his own office.March 11, 2010
When should an elderly person's license be taken away?
(WDAY TV) - The family of man who went missing near Wadena, Minnesota this week told WDAY-6 News they warned Public Safety officials in St. Paul about David Paulson's Alzheimer's disease and the need to get him off the road. Authorities searched for Paulson earlier this week after he went missing for three days. He got stuck, and was found in the woods suffering from hypothermia.March 11, 2010
Minn. lawmakers make final construction bill push
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - After a standoff that has lasted weeks, Minnesota lawmakers are ready to send Gov. Tim Pawlenty a sizable construction projects bill.March 11, 2010
Ex-Itasca Co deputy sentenced for sex crimes
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - A former Itasca County sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to roughly 12 years in prison and six years of supervised release for sexually abusing a teenager over several years.March 11, 2010
Web threats on Mpls. schools traced to Australia
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The investigation of the Web threats that led to the lockdown of schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul has investigators looking down under.March 11, 2010
Pawlenty won't veto MN construction projects bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Tim Pawlenty is withdrawing his threat to reject a $1 billion construction projects bill.March 10, 2010
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OUR VOICES The Winter Season
The winter of 2009-2010 finished as the wettest on record. During the stretch from December 1 through February 28, 4.28 inches of rain and melted snow was measured officially in Fargo Moorhead. This was nearly one-half inch beyond the old record of 3.81 inches measured during the winter of 1896-18
Posted by: Daryl Ritchison on Mar 3, 2010 at 11:33 AM | Storm TrackerOUR VOICES February 2010
During the past 27 months, Fargo Moorhead has generally been in a colder than average temperature regime. This past February became the 20th such month during that time period to finish with a below average monthly temperature. Last month’s average was 10.1 degrees, which was 4.0 degrees bel
Posted by: Daryl Ritchison on Mar 2, 2010 at 6:40 AM | Storm TrackerOUR VOICES World of Weather
March begins our 1,551 month of record keeping in Fargo Moorhead. During those many months, observers have recorded weather events found elsewhere around the world, yet few other geographical locations on the planet get the mix of weather we do during the course of a year. These past 129 plus
Posted by: Daryl Ritchison on Mar 1, 2010 at 5:07 AM | Storm TrackerOUR VOICES Drought Buster?
When August began, much of central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, were experiencing severe drought conditions. For the second straight year that part of Minnesota continued to be missed by most rain events moving through the region. But so far this month, much of the rainfall deficits in th
Posted by: Daryl Ritchison on Aug 25, 2009 at 6:38 AM | Storm Tracker
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