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FORECAST FIRST ALERT: High winds and critical fire weather in Minnesota

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2 years ago

March 16, 2024

FORECAST FIRST ALERT: High winds and critical fire weather in Minnesota

A Forecast First Alert is in the forecast for Saturday, March 16, 2024. Minnesota’s Weather Authority is tracking strong wind gusts of 30 to 45 MPH, in conjunction with dry ground and low humidity. This means there is an elevated fire risk, and any fire that develops could spread rapidly.

Additionally, it’s a day where many will be out at St. Patrick’s Day parades. Wind gusts of 40mph are strong enough to blow over a person who weighs 100 pounds or less. The strongest winds should subside by late evening, and it will remain blustery through the weekend.

Sunday will feature partly cloudy skies with highs in the low 30s. Strong wind gusts will keep wind chills in the teens and 20s. Winds completely relax and full sunshine is expected for Monday. Highs will be into the upper 30s.

40s return by Tuesday next week, with sunshine expected through Wednesday. The next storm system to watch could bring rain and snow chances late next week.
– Meteorologist Chris Reece

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

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7 hours ago

April 11, 2026

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

The new fish consumption guidelines include warnings about eating too much fish caught in northeastern Minnesota lakes and rivers, where fish tend to have higher mercury levels. And the state warns against consuming fish from the Vermillion River, south of the Twin Cities, because of PFAS contamination.

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

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19 hours ago

April 10, 2026

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward Max Plante is the winner of the 2026 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in men’s college hockey.

He edged fellow finalists, T.J. Hughes, a senior forward from Michigan, and Eric Pohlkamp, a junior defenseman from the University of Denver.

Plante scored 25 goals and had 52 points in 40 games in his second season with the Bulldogs. The 2024 second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings finished third in NCAA Division I scoring behind Quinnipiac’s Ethan Wyttenbach (59) and Hughes (57).

He’s the first Minnesota Duluth player to win the award since Scott Perunovich in 2020 and the seventh overall.

Plante’s father, former NHL player Derek Plante, also played for Minnesota Duluth and was a Hobey Baker top 10 finalist in 1993.

Michigan State’s Trey Augustine was named the top goaltender in the Friday, April 10 ceremony. He went 24-9-1 for the Spartans with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

Wyttenbach was named college hockey’s rookie of the year.

Recent Hobey Baker Award winners

2026: F Max Plante, Minnesota Duluth
2025: F Isaac Howard, Michigan State
2024: F Macklin Celebrini, Boston University
2023: F Adam Fantilli, Michigan
2022: G Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
2021: F Cole Caufield, Wisconsin
2020: D Scott Perunovich, Minnesota Duluth
2019: D Cale Makar, UMass
2018: F Adam Gaudette, Northeastern
2017: D Will Butcher, Denver
2016: F Jimmy Vesey, Harvard

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

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1 day ago

April 10, 2026

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

(St. Paul, MN) — State health officials are keeping an eye on a highly mutated new COVID variant called B-A 3-dot-2, or “cicada.” Minnesota Department of Health Epidemiologist Keeley Morris says, “With that many mutations it’s likely going to be pretty good at evading any immunity that people have from being vaccinated or also from prior COVID-19 infections.” She says the good news is that B-A 3-dot-2 doesn’t seem to be causing more severe illness. The C-D-C says the “cicada” variant has been detected in at least 25 states. Morris says Minnesota has detected three cases of either B-A 3-dot-2 or some of its descendants, and we also had one site that had a positive wastewater detection.

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