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10+ min ago (188+ words) December 9, 2025 / 5:32 AM CST / CBS Minnesota Tuesday will bring a strong clipper system that could drop several inches of snow on parts of the Twin Cities. WCCO has issued a NEXT Weather Alert due to the incoming storm. The snow will arrive in northwestern Minnesota in the morning hours, then hit the metro after lunchtime. A very sharp line will separate snow from a wintry mix. There may be some dry time in the evening before the snow returns to the Twin Cities and lingers into Wednesday morning. To the north and east, 3 to 5 inches is likely. The southwest metro trends lighter, with 1 to 3 inches possible. South of Interstate 94, expect mostly a mix of snow and rain, with pockets of freezing drizzle. Strong winds Tuesday night could lift loose snow in western and southern Minnesota, briefly reducing visibility. Colder air arrives Wednesday,…...

23+ min ago (277+ words) December 9, 2025 / 5:19 AM CST / AP Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild scored three times in the third period to beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Monday night. Marcus Johansson, Kirill Kaprizov and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored to help the Wild snap a two-game skid that followed a 12-game point streak (10-0-2). Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots. Jordan Eberle scored and Philipp Grubauer finished with 25 saves as the Kraken lost their sixth straight " fifth straight in regulation. Johansson gave the Wild a 2-1 lead at 8:12 of the third period, deflecting Eriksson Ek's centering pass past Grubauer. Tye Kartye appeared to get the tying goal minutes shortly after, but it was overturned on review for high sticking on the play. Kaprizov had an empty-netter for his 18th goal of the season with 1:15 remaining, and Tarasenko added another 24 seconds later to seal…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (40+ words) The Blue Earth County Board votes next week on a proposed property tax increase that officials say is needed to pay for the rising costs of administering SNAP, Medicaid and other federal programs that federal legislation shifts onto local governments....

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (191+ words) St. Paul City Council will meet Wednesday, and discussion of the incident is not on the agenda. A community group against police brutality wants the St Paul City Council to address a recent federal operation in which St Paul police fired less-lethal munitions into a crowd of protesters Members of Communities United Against Police Brutality said they expected council members to address the Nov 25 incident at last week's meeting, but that did not happen "I do not believe that the St Paul City Council is serious about this issue at all I don't believe that they intend to address it in a meaningful way This is extremely frustrating, because we cannot just hope that this matter is going to go away, because ICE isn't going away," said Michelle Gross, president of Communities United Against Police Brutality [A woman gives a…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago (337+ words) Minnesota got off to another slow start, which has been a constant in its previous five victories. But the Timberwolves had always been able to dig themselves out of holes with strong second-half performances. Yet the Wolves flew too close to the Suns on Monday, as Phoenix held on for a 108-105 victory at Target Center to snap Minnesota's winning streak. Minnesota trailed by three with the ball and six seconds to play, but Jaden McDaniels' potential game-tying attempt clanked off the iron. Anthony Edwards was questionable entering the evening with an illness, but he played and delivered one of his most efficient offensive performances of the season. He finished with 40 points on 15 for 21 shooting to go with nine boards. But the rest of Minnesota's offense struggled. All Wolves not named Edwards and Julius Randle combined to shoot 33% from the floor....

4+ hour, 11+ min ago (361+ words) Rudy Gobert was ejected in the third quarter of Minnesota's loss to Phoenix on Monday after the center delivered a forearm shove to the back of an airborne Mark Williams as the Suns big man was going up for a shot attempt. After review, the officials ruled the foul to be a flagrant-penalty two, which results in an immediate expulsion from the game. Williams received a flagrant foul, penalty-one earlier in the game for hitting Gobert in the face while swiping down hard to attempt to thwart a Gobert finish at the rim. Gobert's push marked his second flagrant foul in two games after he was also cited for a flagrant-penalty one via an overzealous closeout on a James Harden triple Saturday against the Clippers. Gobert has now been whistled for four flagrant fouls this season " Monday's penalty-two along with…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago (447+ words) Returning to daily life after years in prison can be difficult for many people. Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge in Duluth works to help those trying to break free from cycles of addiction and incarceration. WDIO News spoke with two men, Leo Meade and Neal Redepenning, who shared their experiences. "I've had seven trips to prison, a little over 23 years total of confinement," Meade said. "At 18, it was my first encounter with prison. I went to prison six times now. A total of about 14 years in prison," Redepenning said. Both men turned to drugs, alcohol and violence to cope with pain in their lives. "I was a meth addict for 33 years," Meade said. Meade said he stayed clean for four and a half years before relapsing after losing both parents within months. "I just wasn't equipped to handle those losses,…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago (510+ words) The cause of a middle-of-the-night fire at a Prior Lake mosque and school is still unknown, but Islamic community leaders have asked mosques across the state to be alert. A neighbor called Scott County 911 dispatchers at 2:22 a.m. Monday alerting them to a fire at 5995 Timber Trail S.E. in Prior Lake, according to a news release from the Prior Lake Fire Department. Prior Lake fire crews responded and were on the scene at 2:29 a.m. and met with "visible flames coming through the roof," according to the fire department. The department said that firefighters were pushed outside the building "due to the extent of the fire," and that a portion of the roof subsequently collapsed. The fire department reported that no one was in the building upon arrival and no injuries to the public or firefighters. The structure formerly housed a Christian church. The Masjid…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago (560+ words) Marcus Johansson's third period goal was the difference maker as the Minnesota Wild survived a slugfest in Seattle, fighting through injuries and inconsistency for a hard-fought 4-1 win over the Kraken on Monday. Johansson had a picture-perfect redirection of a Joel Eriksson Ek shot to break a 1-1 tie, and Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson had 23 saves as Minnesota snapped a two-game losing streak and ended its lengthy western road trip on an optimistic note. But the two points may prove to be costly for the Wild, who lost forward Mats Zuccarello, defenseman Jake Middleton, forward Matt Boldy and forward Nico Sturm at various times throughout the game. Eriksson Ek had a second period goal for the Wild, who likely employed plenty of ice packs on their late-night charter back to the Twin Cities. Kirill Kaprizov and Vladimir Tarasenko added late empty net…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago (152+ words) By MATTHEW DALY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump's Jan. 20executive orderblocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, that challengedTrump's Day One orderthat paused leasing and permitting for wind energy projects. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell hailed the ruling as a victory for green jobs and renewable energy. "Massachusetts has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into offshore wind, and today, we successfully protected those important investments from the Trump administration's unlawful order," Campbell said in a statement. "This critical victory also preserves well-paying green jobs and access to reliable, affordable energy that will help Massachusetts meet our clean energy and climate goals,…...