The vice president turned environmental activist says severe storms linked to climate changes are causing wastewater plants to dump sewage in the lakes, which causes algae growth.
Towns crashed hard to the ground late in the game Wednesday night.
The deadly shootings happened on the city's North Side Wednesday night.
Towns fell on his back in the final minutes of a loss in Washington.
It was one of two police shootings in the Twin Cities on the same day, both of which proved fatal.
The Twins signed the right-hander with a lockout imminent.
The health commissioner said residents have gotten "a little bit lax" with some protective measures.
"Nobody [does] the things that I do. I know that."
MDH also announced it will not add anxiety as qualifying condition.
Up to half a foot of snow could fall within the heaviest band.
A large group stole thousands of dollars in merchandise from three Twin Cities Best Buy stores.
The space will combine playful art offerings with a restaurant.
The Twin Cities averages a white Christmas about 3 out of every 4 years.
The Minnesota weatherman says he's a staunch Republican, a conservative and a Christian -- with a message some of his Republican friends don't want to hear: "Climate change is real."
A meteorologist with the NOAA says the warmth was a "freak event" caused by warm air blowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. But some outside scientists say climate change is indeed behind weather extremes like the March heatwave and that we should expect more.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency signed off on a plan to dump more than 13 tons of taconite concentrate into Rush Lake. The lake association wants to reduce the level of phosphorus, which leads to growth of algae and invasive pondweed. It hopes the taconite experiment will do the trick. Audubon Minnesota had argued for an environmental review.
The MPCA says blue-green algae blooms are occurring all across the state.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for more than a decade has allowed a sewage treatment plant to pollute recreational lakes in Alexandria, an environmental law firm alleges in a new lawsuit. It's the latest in a string of complaints by advocacy groups who say the state's top environmental regulator is not tough enough in protecting Minnesota's lakes and rivers.
Back in the day, I told people to look at the data trends – not out the window – for evidence of global warming. But that's changing. As an editorial in this month's New Scientist magazine suggests, "From killer heatwaves to destructive floods, the effects of global warming are becoming ever more obvious – and we ain't seen nothing yet."
U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack argued the $10 million National Science Foundation program duplicates other government efforts. The National Wildlife Foundation charges Cravaack with trying to keep children in the dark when it comes to climate change.
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