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MPR News Update

MPR News Update for Feb. 2, 2016

Winter has returned to much southern and south-central Minnesota. A storm is delivering heavy snow and strong winds. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service is expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow in the Twin Cities area. Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared snow emergencies that take effect at 9 p.m. Updraft weather blog | Your forecast

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MPR News Update for Feb. 1, 2016

A winter storm is in the works. The National Weather Service has doubled its Twin Cities snow forecast to 6 to 8 inches as the storm tracks farther north. Expect deteriorating conditions in southern and east-central Minnesota on Tuesday afternoon. | Updraft

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MPR News Update for Jan. 29, 2016

Dejuan Montgomery is probably heading back to prison soon because he stole a 9-year-old girl's cellphone. "You might see it as a crime story," writes NewsCut blogger Bob Collins. "I see it as a health story."

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MPR News Update for Jan. 28, 2016

It appears romance is slowly dying. "A St. Paul school is putting a stake in the very heart of Valentine's Day," writes blogger Bob Collins on NewsCut.

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MPR News Update for Jan. 27, 2016

The warm weather that's canceled pond hockey tournaments and frustrated ice carvers at St. Paul's Winter Carnival may also make it impossible to visit the Apostle Islands ice caves this year on Wisconsin's Lake Superior shore. The Park Service is promising regular updates on its Facebook page. In the meantime, enjoy these majestic photos.

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Warmer weather ahead! Then snow. Then cold. Welcome to the late January into February rollercoaster. Enjoy filling the bad weather days with a grown up coloring book? Kerri Miller is skeptical. | Updraft

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MPR News Update for Jan. 25, 2016

The state's Court of Appeals on Monday rejected the free speech argument of a Little Falls woman who "disrupted" a City Council work session by wearing a sign on her head and refusing to sit in the public gallery. | NewsCut

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MPR News Update for Jan. 22, 2016

While a massive blizzard sweeps up the East Coast this weekend, keep watch via Updraft and remember surviving disorder is doable.

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MPR News Update for Jan. 21, 2016

No, last week's cold snap doesn't mean we're having a real Minnesota winter. State climatologist Pete Boulay developed a "Winter Misery Index" that says if winter ended today, it'd be the second- or third-easiest one on record. The East Coast, on the other hand, is getting a real dose of winter this week. | Your weekend forecast

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MPR News Update for Jan. 20, 2016

Starting in 1902, photographer Gust Akerlund documented the people and history of Cokato, just west of the Twin Cities. His portrait work illuminates the era.

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