A heat advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. Monday for most of Minnesota. The National Weather Service says Monday afternoon high temperatures are expected to exceed triple digits.

Officials in Twin Cities area are cracking down on lawn-watering policies during the state's heat wave. KSTP-TV reports Woodbury officials issued tickets nearly 100 homeowners who broke the rules in the last week. The city doesn't allow lawn watering from 12 to 5 p.m., but kids can play in a sprinkler all day long.

The summer heat wave sweeping through the Twin Cities and southern half of the state is resulting in more patients with heat-related conditions at the hospital. Regions Hospital emergency room physician Gary Mayeux tells KARE-TV that there's been a 15 to 20 percent increase in heat exhaustion cases in the last week.

It's crazy. But it keeps happening. Insanely warm March weather broke records again this weekend. The Twin Cities had the earliest-ever 80-degree reading. Even the nation's icebox - International Falls - turned in a steamy 77 degrees, breaking the previous record for the date by 22 degrees. Duluth, Fargo, Rochester, St. Cloud, and Winona all set records, as well. Some much needed rain is expected late Sunday through Wednesday, with temperatures cooling down in the 60s for most of the work week.

Ryan Daniel, of Woodbury, was so excited for the release of "The Avengers" that he wrote a song about it. He hopes that it can be included in the DVD release of the film.

A 19-year-old man police shot and killed in a standoff at a Woodbury motel early Friday was one of the hostages who escaped from the alleged gunman at the motel, the Star Tribune reports. According to police, Mark Eric Henderson was shot by officers as he emerged from the motel room, walked toward them and did not comply with their commands. Officers reportedly believed that Henderson was armed -- but he was not -- and now the victim's family wants answers.

If a public forum in the east metro is any indication, voter ID will be among the most divisive issues that Minnesota faces this year. The Woodbury Bulletin says the discussion drew about 120 people from around the Twin Cities area.

Steamy weather is back in the headlines as temperatures are expected to approach triple digits again this week. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for central and southern Minnesota on Monday. That's when afternoon heat indices are expected to hit the 95 to 105 degree range across much of the state.