Temperatures will continue to fall over the next few days

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Much of the state will see snow accumulating up to an inch through the afternoon. Twin Cities highs in the upper 20s. Statewide, northern highs in the lower 20s and lower 30s in the southwest. More on 

When it’s winter, do as the Norwegians do. 

 on how our Scandinavian cold-weather peers handle the chill. Their advice: Make it cozy, stay positive and keep busy indoors and outside.

Minnesota health officials are monitoring a hepatitis A outbreak. 

Nearly 50 cases were reported in 16 counties as of last Friday. Highest-risk people include those who use drugs, don’t have a steady place to live or have been recently incarcerated, said Kris Ehresmann, the Department of Health's director for infectious disease. Most kids are vaccinated against it, she said, but “if you are an adult and you eat, you 

 Uber's CEO came under fire for reducing Saudi Arabia's killing of a U.S. journalist to a "serious mistake." Instacart caught the internet's ire for cutting its workers' pay after they went on strike. Now, these employees and customers alike are calling for boycotts. Of course, calls to boycott major tech companies are nothing new. Amazon, for example, had a boycott waged against it earlier this year. If you're a worker or consumer of these companies' products, what do you think of the boycotts? Do you participate? 

St. Paul has a final plan for the old Ford plant site. 

Reports MPR News’ Tim Nelson: “Mayor Melvin Carter and Ryan Companies on Tuesday 

 on the vacant 122-acre site in the Highland Park neighborhood, promising hundreds of new housing units, more than 13,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs on the site.” It’ll be three years before anyone moves into the area, and the development could take 20 years to complete.

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Plus a snowy forecast and advice for withstanding winter.

Andrea Billings keeps her face covered while walking to her car. 

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