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A 38-year-old St. Paul man is seriously injured after the SUV he was driving went off a ramp and crashed on top of another SUV Saturday night, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The Minnesota State Patrol says if you drive drunk, you will get caught – especially if you're driving a giant piece of construction equipment down a sidewalk.
Icy conditions were a major factor in a broadside crash west of the Twin Cities Tuesday night that killed on driver and sent another to the hospital, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
A 57-year-old Litchfield woman had to be rescued from an overturned truck in a water-filled ditch Tuesday evening, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
St. Patrick's Day falling on a Monday meant a weekend-long celebration for some, and the Department of Public Safety says nearly 500 were arrested during increased DWI patrols. The DPS Office of Traffic Safety said that number may rise as additional information comes in.
One person is in critical condition after a crash Monday morning that's being partially blamed on the icy road conditions.
The highway was dry between St. Peter and Mankato when a car crossed the center median and hit an oncoming truck, killing three and injuring three others. Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says a Dodge Caliber crossed the centerline Sunday and collided with a Ford F-150 pickup on Highway 169.
One person was killed and another injured after a head-on crash involving two vehicles Monday morning in western Minnesota, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the crash at about 6:08 a.m. Monday on Highway 15 one mile south of the town of Winthrop, which is near Hutchinson.
The Minnesota State Patrol says two people were killed in a head-on crash on Highway 169 Sunday afternoon in Mankato. The accident involved a Dodge Caliber and a Ford pickup truck. The State Patrol says more information will be released later on Sunday.
Four people are injured, including one with serious injuries, after a roll-over crash on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis Saturday morning. The accident happened at about 7 a.m. on westbound I-94 at the Cedar Avenue exit ramp, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The driver, 27-year-old Juan Diaz-Pliego of Minneapolis, tried to exit at Cedar Avenue but lost control, drove up an embankment and rolled over, coming to rest in a ditch under a guardrail.
Police said a FedEx delivery truck and BNSF freight train collided Friday afternoon in Yellow Medicine County. The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's office responded to a 911 call that a FedEx delivery truck and BNSF train crashed around 2 p.m. Friday at the rail crossing with Yellow Medicine County Road 39.
If you plan on going out for the St. Patrick's Day weekend, authorities said you'll want to make sure you have a sober ride. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Thursday the State Patrol will have extra squads out over the weekend looking for impaired drivers.
A 30-year-old New York man was killed late Tuesday night after the motorcycle he was riding on Interstate 394 hit a pothole and threw him from the vehicle, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
People living in Rogers are being warned about a water main break in the city, according to officials. The break was so severe that Rogers' water system experienced a dramatic draw down, draining the city's four water towers in the process. The source of the leak, located by a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, was a holding pond behind Camping World at 21200 Rogers Drive.
Four people are dead after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 14 near Sleepy Eye. The State Patrol says Saturday morning that the victims are all male. Two were 17 years old, one was 18, and one was 20 years old. Their names and other details were expected to be released at a Saturday news conference.
The Minnesota State Patrol says freezing rain contributed to more than 20 semi-trucks going off the road Friday in west central and northwest Minnesota. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says 38 crashes were reported as of Friday afternoon, 20 of which involved semis. Twenty-seven of the crashed were rollovers, according to Grabow.
Carleton College is mourning the deaths of three students killed in a crash on icy roads. The fatal crash happened Friday while the young men were riding in an SUV just north of campus on Highway 3. The State Patrol says their vehicle spun out of control and right into the path of an oncoming semi.
Three college students died Friday afternoon south of the Twin Cities metro when an SUV collided with a semi on icy roads, officials say. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 3 and County Road 47 near Northfield, Minn., just before 3 p.m., according to a crash report.
A 51-year-old man died Wednesday, six days after being involved in a crash in Highway 55 west of the Twin Cities, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities said the crash happened Feb. 20 at the intersection of Highway 55 and Dague Avenue SE in Rockford Township.
At least one person was killed in a head-on crash with a semi-truck in Chisago County Monday afternoon, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the crash at about 3:38 p.m. on Highway 8 at County Road 14.
It's been nearly two days since a winter storm hit the Twin Cities and other parts of Minnesota, but driving conditions remain extremely difficult on many roads. Officials said there is some improvement in road conditions as of Saturday morning, but not much.
A fierce storm produced more than a foot of snow in some parts of Minnesota early Friday, where authorities advised against travel and schools closed, once again, during the long, grueling winter. And WCCO's Mike Augustyniak said bitter cold temperatures moving back in aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Two men sit in the Sherburne County Jail charged with a brutal Elk River home invasion. But the biggest threat came as 40-year-old Aaron Martin and 31-year-old Ryan Woehler sent police on a high-speed chase, going the wrong way on Interstate 94 near Rogers last Thursday. Dozens of motorists and law enforcement officers were put at risk as the pursuit continued for nearly two miles. Authorities believed that the men had a kidnapping victim with them.
They're supposed to be the ones you call when you need help on the roads. But since the beginning of this year, more than a dozen state troopers have become victims. Lt. Eric Roeske with State Patrol said it's become a bit of a common thing over the past month.
The identities of the two suspects killed in Friday morning's police chase-turned deadly shootout have been released. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office, the deaths of Matthew Vincent Serbus, 36, and Dawn Marie Pfister, 34, have been ruled as homicides, with multiple gunshot wounds listed as the cause of death for both. The duo were killed after a police standoff in Eden Prairie at Highway 101 near Dell Road, which began as a high-speed chase in Chaska on Highway 212.
A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn't cut off his dreadlocks.
Kwik Trip is adding electronic vehicle charging stations to their list of services.
"We are happy home 363 days of the year you could say," said Matt Meunier, who is a die-hard Vikings fan, originally from Osseo, Minnesota. He's married to Robyn Meunier, who is a loyal Packers fan, originally from Racine, Wisconsin.
The Wausau city clerk said the box was available outside of city hall "for residents to submit absentee ballots, payments, and other important city requests as was intended."
Over the last few years, $200 billion of pandemic aid helped fill gaps in school budgets across the country. The $207 million that St. Paul Public School received was used to fund arts programming and expand after-school options.
Kwik Trip is adding electronic vehicle charging stations to their list of services.
"We are happy home 363 days of the year you could say," said Matt Meunier, who is a die-hard Vikings fan, originally from Osseo, Minnesota. He's married to Robyn Meunier, who is a loyal Packers fan, originally from Racine, Wisconsin.
Over the last few years, $200 billion of pandemic aid helped fill gaps in school budgets across the country. The $207 million that St. Paul Public School received was used to fund arts programming and expand after-school options.
The "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige is coming to Minnesota next March as part of her For My Fans Tour.
A winning $2 million lottery ticket was sold in Edina on Friday, and the ticket has yet to be claimed.
Kwik Trip is adding electronic vehicle charging stations to their list of services.
The state law protects residential utility customers from having electric or natural gas service shut off between Oct. 1 and April 30.
Four people were injured on Saturday afternoon at the Hackensack Chainsaw Carving Event when a car rolled away from its parking spot and into a tent.
Dozens of Minnesota counties are under a Red Flag Warning for most of the day Monday.
The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says it received a missing juvenile report Sunday morning.
A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to temporarily leave roads open on a northern Wisconsin reservation, giving non-tribal homeowners hope that they can maintain access to their properties for a while longer.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension canceled the alert Friday morning after the 15-year-old girl was found safe.
An investigation is underway in western Wisconsin after a man died following a motorcycle crash over the weekend.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane made an emergency landing on Thursday afternoon on a northwestern Wisconsin highway.
A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic videos with his wife.
Everywhere you look at Glen Lake Elementary School in Hopkins, Minnesota, love is in the air because of what is now on the ground.
Hess knows first-hand how important it is to help others because it wasn't that long ago that feelings of isolation and despair overcame him.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is explaining his call for city staff to "expedite" encampment clearings, while preventing new encampments from forming.
A metro nonprofit is taking on an important fight against child hunger.
Twenty percent of sales will go to the victims' families, with owners hoping to raise at least $4,000.
The Wausau city clerk said the box was available outside of city hall "for residents to submit absentee ballots, payments, and other important city requests as was intended."
Ryan Routh, who is accused of plotting to kill Donald Trump, appeared in a West Palm Beach federal court and pleaded not guilty to five counts.
Watch the CBS News vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz on WCCO and CBS News Minnesota.
The vice presidential showdown on Oct. 1 is expected to be the last debate before the November election.
"Saturday Night Live" kicked off its 50th season with a cold open featuring comedian Jim Gaffigan as Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz.
The federal funds rate currently stands at a 5.25% to 5.50% range — the highest in more than 20 years — and there are expectations that the Fed will reduce the rate by 25 basis points.
The holiday season is just around the corner and Target is preparing to the tune of around 100,000 seasonal workers.
The Internet lit up this week with news that a Chicago restaurant is offering a luxe cocktail for $13,000, purportedly the most expensive martini in the United States.
A scheme is hitting email inboxes across the country that uses public images of people's homes to attempt to trick them into sending scammers thousands of dollars in Bitcoin.
The average wholesale price for a dozen large Grade A eggs is now over $4.
A 36-year-old Bemidji man accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in south Minneapolis on Sept. 18 faces more criminal charges.
After investigating a suspicious package that was mailed to the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office on Friday, officials have discovered that the substance found inside is not hazardous.
This weekend, police and other violence disruption groups will have a large presence downtown Minneapolis in hopes of curving a spike in youth violence.
St. Paul police also say there were warning signs in Murdock's past that should have kept him away from guns and potentially saved lives.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he's joined a coalition of 22 U.S. attorney generals in supporting a federal rule aimed at stopping illegal gun trafficking.
State health officials say that a Minnesotan has died due to rabies exposure, a rare occurrence that has only happened four times since 2000.
Ten deaths have been linked to now-recalled Boar's Head products.
Thirteen states in Appalachia join others in placing free boxes of naloxine in metal dispensers once used for newspapers, as part of Save a Life Day.
Longtime Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer announced on Wednesday afternoon that he has been diagnosed with dementia.
A typically rare disease that was declared eliminated in the United States over two decades ago is now confirmed inside a Minneapolis school.
The "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige is coming to Minnesota next March as part of her For My Fans Tour.
There are five new stadium dates for next summer in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
"Saturday Night Live" kicked off its 50th season with a cold open featuring comedian Jim Gaffigan as Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz.
Throughout his 50-year career in show business, John Ashton appeared in nearly 100 movies.
The house goes live on Oct. 3 and will be available for 25 total one-night stays, with a max of four people per stay.
"We are happy home 363 days of the year you could say," said Matt Meunier, who is a die-hard Vikings fan, originally from Osseo, Minnesota. He's married to Robyn Meunier, who is a loyal Packers fan, originally from Racine, Wisconsin.
The Big Ten is reviewing Saturday's controversial onside kick penalty that allowed Michigan to seal a 27-24 victory over Minnesota, Head Coach P.J. Fleck says.
Dikembe Mutombo, who was an eight-time NBA All-Star, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2022.
Marina Mabrey scored 20 points and Alyssa Thomas added 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Connecticut Sun defeated the Minnesota Lynx 73-70 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their semifinals series.
Sam Darnold threw three touchdown passes and Jordan Addison scored twice as the Minnesota Vikings built an early 28-point lead and hung on down the stretch to beat the Green Bay Packers 31-29.
Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance will debate Tuesday night. Some analysts agree the debate could sway swing voters, impacting the race.
Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance will debate Tuesday night. Some analysts agree the debate could sway swing voters, impacting the race.
Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance will debate Tuesday night. Some analysts agree the debate could sway swing voters, impacting the race.
Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance will debate Tuesday night. Some analysts agree the debate could sway swing voters, impacting the race.
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris took the debate stage Tuesday night. Some analysts, including some Republicans, are giving Harris the debate win.
Eagles, pigs and aliens are three things that don't typically fit together. But at Mimi and Papa's in the far-southern Minnesota town of Windom, there's a lot that doesn't quite fit together.
What happened to Jesse James and his band of bank robbers after they fled Northfield? Some of them ended up near the town of Madelia.
Small towns in rural America often get overlooked. As their population shrinks, their history can fade. But you could say Arco remains rock solid in western Minnesota.
It's the center piece of the Walker Art Center's sculpture garden. And in many ways, it's become a state symbol. Roughly 600,000 people a year visit the Spoon and Cherry.
It's estimated that at least half of all fairgoers visit the Miracle of Birth Center, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the fair—and one of the most educational.
From star-studded conventions to social media endorsements, pop culture and politics have crossed over for more than a century.
Many of us wish we could learn another language. It seems young kids have no problem picking up a second or third language but for adults, that changes.
Minnesota's more than 10,000 lakes are part of many Minnesotans' identities —but as endearing as the lakes are, there's something strange about them too.
It's ironic that in a place and time meant for rest — our beds — anxiety-inducing thoughts prevent its purpose.
While many are out enjoying summer's scorching finale, hardware stores are thinking two seasons ahead.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Monday night.
Storms ripped through parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Thursday evening. There were several reports of tornadoes and trees were downed in the metro and beyond, including in Cottage Grove, Anoka, Champlin and Fridley.
A powerful thunderstorm tore through the grounds of the Minnesota State Fair on Monday night, delaying Tuesday's opening.
A severe thunderstorm swept through the Twin Cities metro late Monday evening, bringing sights to behold.
The northern lights dazzled Minnesotans overnight, and some WCCO viewers shared their best pictures.
With temps in the mid-80s and gusty winds, there's a red flag warning in effect for parts of central and western Minnesota.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
The state law protects residential utility customers from having electric or natural gas service shut off between Oct. 1 and April 30.
WCCO meteorologist Joseph Dames says that a number of counties are now under red flag warnings due to the severity of the dry conditions we saw in September.
Meteorologist Joseph Dames says the last day of September will also likely be our last day in the 80s this year.
Three local animal organizations are teaming up to hold a free microchip event on Monday, Sept. 30.
Jeff Wagner has the latest headlines.
Ahead of the Vikings-Packers game on Sunday, WCCO's Marielle Mohs spent some time learning what it is like growing up in a divided household in Minnesota.
Cody Benjamin with CBS Sports talks with WCCO’s Maria Lisignoli about the week 4 border battle with the Packers that nearly ended in purple tears.
With temps in the mid-80s and gusty winds, there's a red flag warning in effect for parts of central and western Minnesota.