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Lake Minnetonka's 1878 record for earliest ice-out date stands
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn a year in which weather records have been falling left and right, a longstanding one on Lake...
What are those loud pops, booms and bangs in the Lake Minnetonka area?
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKara Schmitz was relaxing at home Thursday afternoon when a loud boom broke the silence and shook...
More Minnesota Jet-Ski users lack this important skill: Knowledge
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRisks are inherent in any activity outdoors, motorized or otherwise. More so when people are doing things without all the skills — such as know-how and awareness. Conservation officers in the ...
Cold Weather Businesses Suffer in the Winter That Wasn’t
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoU.S. NEWS MINNEAPOLIS—On a 60-degree day here in early March, Derek Hughes and his son, Dylan, tried...
White Bear Lake ice-out contest winners announced
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven people will share the glory – and the prizes – for correctly guessing the ice-out dates for White Bear Lake and/or Bald Eagle Lake. Ice out on White Bear Lake happened on Tuesday, April ...
Winter festivals iced: these Minnesota events have been canceled, postponed or altered by warm...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMinnesota's mild winter has already produced the warmest December and ninth least-snowy season on...
Landmark Minnehaha Falls dries up for second year in a row
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMinnehaha Falls has dried up for the second year in a row — the first time ever that the usually gushing, much-visited Minneapolis waterfall has gone dry for consecutive years. Managing the ...
Reusse: Easy to cheer for ‘Rollergirl’ — fast, fun and she can handle ‘nasty’
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDave Goldman was sitting on a well-worn chair in the back of the two-station garage at Boulevard Station. He had started a conversation and then his cell phone buzzed. "Give me a second," he ...
9 Twin Cities summer art festivals to check out
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Oldest General Stores in America
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoThere are few places in the U.S. that evoke Americana and nostalgia quite like a general store. And while they're not nearly as common as they used to...