KSTP.com Meteorologist Steve Frazier brings today’s weather update. There’s a chance of severe thunderstorms until about midnight throughout Minnesota.
The storm will bring in cooler, drier air with highs in the low 80s tomorrow and high 70s throughout the week.
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KSTP.com Meteorologist Ken Barlow is forecasting a mild night with an overnight low temperature of 71 degrees.
Saturday will start out quiet, but scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to move into the Twin Cities area in the early afternoon. Some severe weather may be possible after 2 p.m. Temperatures Saturday will be around 85 degrees.
By Sunday the storms should be gone and we’ll have a nice day with temperatures around 79 degrees.
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Minnesota’s duck hunting season will open a week earlier than usual.
Opening day shooting hours also will be earlier, and the annual youth waterfowl hunt will fall on an earlier date this year. Bag limits for wood ducks and hen mallards will be higher than last year. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources also is adding north and south hunting zones to give duck hunters more opportunities.
DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr says waterfowl hunters
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Have you had enough of the humidity? 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Meteorologist Dave Dahl says we’ll start seeing some relief tonight.
Expect Wednesday to be sunny, pleasant and in the high 80′s. There is a slight chance of more rain on Thursday.
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Minnetonka Police want to know what you think of the job they are doing. The Police Department is asking residents who have interacted with them recently to comment on how it went. The posting on the City of Minnetonka website says “the Minnetonka Police Department are dedicated professionals committed to creating a safe environment in which to live, work and attend school.”
If you want to let them know how your interaction was send an
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5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Meteorologist Steve Fraiser says scattered storms, some possibly severe, will move out of the area after midnight making way for a hot and humid day on Sunday.
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Afton Alps in Hastings will look more like Spain during its famous Tomato Festival this weekend. That’s where the first annual Midwest Tomato Fest will take place.
The gates open for the event at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 31st. The tomato fight is slated to take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The event will also feature live music, food, and a beer garden.
Click here to learn more about the first annual Midwest Tomato Fest.
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Looking for a good summer read? How about meeting an award winning author from Minnesota, who writes about Minnesota?
Peter Geye will be at The Excelsior One Book, One Community event. He’ll be talking about, and reading from his debut novel, SAFE FROM THE SEA, which was published by Unbridled Books last October. It’s a story of forgiveness and family, and of how a father and son reconcile around the story of the father’s survival of
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For the next 20 hours you can find Jeff Kolodzinksi sitting in the exact same spot on Lake Minnetonka.
He’s trying to break a world record for the most fish caught in 24 hours.
The current record is 2,143. He hopes to catch 2,500 fish.
The marathon fishing event benefits Fishing for Life, which is a non-profit that helps children experience the outdoors.
To break the record, he has to catch a fish every 40 seconds.
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The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved a grant agreement Thursday with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that will help restore the Fort Snelling Upper Post.
Per the agreement, $1.2 million will go towards fixing historic features at the Upper Post.
County officials say that the county has been involved in rehabilitating this portion of Fort Snelling for a while.
County officials said the Fort Snelling Task Force Stakeholders and Partners, a group made up of Hennepin
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