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John Ackerman of Spring Valley, Minn. discovered 40 miles of underground caverns. Now he is working to protect the caves and have them studied. CBS News' Michelle Miller reports.
The temperature in Minnesota dropped to 16 below zero overnight, and the deep winter freeze has driven demand for natural gas to record levels in the Minneapolis area. A Meals on Wheels volunteer said he was making sure his clients had food and heat, while one family is monitoring how much it spends on fuel. Jamie Yuccas from CBS Minneapolis station WCCO-TV reports.
A new wave of Arctic air is threatening to make this winter into one of the coldest on record. CBS Minneapolis station WCCO's Nina Moini reports from Minnesota, one of the 20 states that is expected to feel sub-zero wind chills.
Icy highways and blowing snow have contributed to more than 350 crashes across Minnesota. A driver who slid off a road west of Minneapolis froze to death after he tried to walk home in temperatures that dipped to 56 below zero. Jamie Yuccas from CBS Minneapolis station WCCO-TV reports.
Eleven thousand fishing faithful spread across Hole in the Day Bay in Brainerd, Minn., and braved wind chills of 20 below zero to compete in a charity ice fishing contest. One competitor has been trying for eight years to catch his first fish, while another says his secret is bringing along a Barcalounger. Barry Petersen reports.
Ice and white-out conditions caused nearly 400 crashes in 24 hours across the state, while one hospital has seen a record number of patients with frostbite symptoms. Elsewhere, wind chill warnings and advisories are in effect in 26 states, and it's too cold to create the conditions that lead to lake-effect snow. Jamie Yuccas of CBS station WCCO reports.
Temperatures across the country will be on the rise as the worst of the polar vortex is now over. Minnesota was one of the hardest hit, and Wednesday will be the eleventh consecutive subzero nights for the state. Liz Collin of CBS station WCCO-TV in Minneapolis reports.
A Minnesota teenager embarks on his own Arctic expedition...by sleeping in his own backyard snow cave. WCCO's Kate Raddatz reports.
It's a social worker's job to improve the lives of his or her clients -- in short, to give them a lift. Manuel Bojorquez shares the story of a social worker in Minneapolis who has a unique way of doing that.
Her challenger, Antone Melton-Meaux, used the cash to paper the district and flood airwaves with his "Focused on the Fifth" message that portrayed Omar as out of touch with the district.
The image compared the state's mask mandate to Jewish people wearing a star in concentration camps.
On the first day of Minnesota's mandatory mask mandate, a man and a woman tried to make a statement about Joe Biden. Here's what happened.
A couple was caught on video wearing Nazi swastika banners as face masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Minnesota. Walmart says they have been banned from company stores for at least a year. CBS News reporter Bo Erickson joins CBSN with more on what he learned about the situation, which took place in his hometown.
On Saturday, the first day of Minnesota's mandatory mask mandate, a man and a woman went shopping at a Walmart in Marshall -- population 15,000 -- wearing masks with swastikas. CBS Los Angeles reports.
The law includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis.
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin -- already facing charges in the death of George Floyd -- has been charged with multiple tax-related felonies, along with his wife Kellie Chauvin. CBS Minnesota reports.
If convicted, Derek and Kellie Chauvin could each face a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison and/or have to pay a $90,000 fine.
The reform package comes in response to calls for systemic change in the wake of George Floyd's police killing.
"Systemic racism is among the greatest long-term threats our city and nation are facing," said mayor Jacob Frey.
President Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at a rally in Rochester, Minnesota, on Thursday night. CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid, joins CBSN from the rally to discuss the president's remarks.
Reporter and anchor Esme Murphy from CBS Minneapolis joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison's run for state Attorney General, and whether Republican Karin Housley has a chance of beating incumbent Democratic Sen. Tina Smith in November.
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota compared the Tuesday's Supreme Court's ruling upholding the travel ban to the court's decisions upholding Japanese internment camps and segregation. Ellison told Elaine Quijano on CBSN's "Red & Blue" that the ban is a "discriminatory, unfair policy."
Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison is not running for re-election after over a decade in Congress, instead opting to run for Minnesota Attorney General. Ellison spoke with CBSN's Elaine Quijano on "Red & Blue" about why he is running for a different office -- and why he thinks people who disagree strongly with the Trump administration should "fight back, be firm, but remember we're not like the people we're standing against here, so we shouldn't act like them."
Attorneys for the family of George Floyd, who was killed on Memorial Day in police custody, announced a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and police officers.
Minnesota recently posthumously pardoned an African-American man convicted of rape nearly 100 years ago. Now activists are calling on officials to reexamine dozens of closed cases involving police shootings. Jonathan Smith, the former chief of the Special Litigation Section at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, joined CBSN to discuss.
President Trump arrived in Israel as Hamas started releasing hostages under the Gaza peace deal brokered by the U.S. leader.
The government shutdown entered its 12th day on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan, and the Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers.
Recently retired Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China is hacking America's computer systems – targeting water, infrastructure and telecommunications. He says China's capacity for targeting the U.S. is growing.
In his first television interview since his firing, Gen. Tim Haugh discusses his termination by the Trump administration.
Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.
The former justice who was the deciding vote on some of the Supreme Court's most consequential decisions talks about the Court today, and about his memoir, "Life, Law & Liberty."
Democratic leaders in Congress have pushed for serious negotiations with Republican leaders and the White House to end the stalemate.
Diane Keaton had a decades-long career with performances in 1977's "Annie Hall," the "The Godfather" films, and many more.
Alaska State Troopers said it received reports of "at least eight homes being pushed from their foundations."