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Photos: Twin Cities see their coldest morning since Valentine’s Day 2021

Photos: Twin Cities see their coldest morning since Valentine’s Day 2021

Tuesday was the coldest morning of this winter in the Twin Cities and most of Minnesota. Temperatures dipped to -19 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, making it the coldest morning there in almost four years.
by MPR News Staff

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Photos: Sculptures from artists in Stillwater for the World Snow Sculpting Championship

Photos: Sculptures from artists in Stillwater for the World Snow Sculpting Championship

Twelve teams from around the world finished their chiseling and carving on Saturday, where they on the banks of the St. Croix River since Wednesday. Team Mongolia, also known as Team Falcon, won with their sculpture titled “Voice.”
by MPR News Staff

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Perfect ice conditions draw skaters to Twin Cities lakes

Perfect ice conditions draw skaters to Twin Cities lakes

During the dry cold snap, lakes in the Twin Cities and around the state turned mirror-like with smooth surfaces of clear ice. Consistent cold temperatures, calm conditions and a lack of snow created perfectly natural ice skating venues.
by Erica Zurek

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Photos: For St. Paul’s homeless, 12 hours of emergency warmth at the law enforcement center

Photos: For St. Paul’s homeless, 12 hours of emergency warmth at the law enforcement center

As winds howled and temperatures crashed, Ramsey County opened the lobby of its St. Paul law enforcement center overnight Wednesday into Thursday for unsheltered people to escape the bitter cold. MPR News spoke to some of those who needed a warm place to stay.
by Kerem Yücel

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Photos: Thousands brave Thanksgiving cold to run and walk Turkey Day 5K

Photos: Thousands brave Thanksgiving cold to run and walk Turkey Day 5K

Amid one of the coldest Thanksgiving days of the past decade, thousands of runners flocked to downtown Minneapolis on Thursday for the annual Turkey Day 5K, the largest Thanksgiving race in the Twin Cities.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota United advances to Western Conference Semifinals with sweep of Real Salt Lake

Minnesota United advances to Western Conference Semifinals with sweep of Real Salt Lake

Emeka Eneli scored the equalizer for Real Salt Lake in the 75th minute of a 1-1 tie in regulation, but Dayne St. Clair had two saves in the shootout as Minnesota United came out on top 3-1 to finish off a sweep of Real Salt Lake. 
by The Associated Press

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Halloween snow! Photos and snowfall totals from around Minnesota

Halloween snow! Photos and snowfall totals from around Minnesota

Neither rain nor snow stopped Minnesotans of all ages from living Halloween to the fullest. MPR News freelance photographer Erica Dischino went to northern Minnesota and captured those moments.
by MPR News Staff

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Hunting for male voters: Walz steps into the field for the pheasant opener

Hunting for male voters: Walz steps into the field for the pheasant opener

Gov. Tim Walz had more pheasant hunting companions than usual for this year’s opener near Sleepy Eye, on Saturday. Flanked by a team of earpiece-wearing Secret Service agents and roughly a dozen members of the press, Walz and his 4-person hunting party set out into a golden, sunlit field on private land as soon as the season officially opened at 9 a.m.
by Ben Hovland and The Associated Press

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