Fog and clouds return on Sunday, temperatures to dip mid-week

CBS Minnesota 12/29 5:03A Adam Del Rosso

MINNEAPOLIS It's yet another foggy start for Minnesota on Sunday with visibility as low as one-fourth mile. Clouds will dominate the day with the hopes of any sun later very low. Temperatures will be near or below freezing in the morning, so...

Dense fog advisory in Minnesota early Friday ahead of widespread rain

CBS Minnesota 12/27 6:29A Adam Del Rosso

MINNEAPOLIS A dense fog advisory is in effect across Minnesota through noon on Friday, and early isolated showers are possible ahead of widespread rain later in the afternoon and evening. This shouldn't create too many travel issues as...

Dozens of flights delayed early Friday as MSP Airport hit with holiday travel boom

CBS Minnesota 12/27 6:15A Beret Leone

MINNEAPOLIS If you or your loved ones are planning on traveling home on Friday, we have some potentially bad news for you. A wave of storms is moving across parts of the country, snarling what's set...

Mild Thursday in Twin Cities; Friday brings widespread rain, highs in 40s

CBS Minnesota 12/26 2:40A Adam Del Rosso

MINNEAPOLIS Thursday will be a mild one in the Twin Cities ahead of some December rain and even warmer temperatures. The cloudy and gray pattern continues with a southerly breeze helping push highs into the upper 30s in the afternoon hours. The...

Norovirus cases on the rise in Minnesota, health officials say

CBS Minnesota 12/26 12:22A Beret Leone

MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota health officials are warning of an outbreak of a highly contagious illness: norovirus. The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 40 outbreaks of norovirus, otherwise known as the stomach flu. That's nearly twice the...

Foggy, cloudy Christmas Day with rain later this week

CBS Minnesota 12/25 9:25A Joseph Dames

MINNEAPOLIS Christmas Day started foggy and cloudy, and those conditions are expected to remain. Driving conditions could worsen in parts of the state where freezing fog could make for slick road...

Thousands attend Christmas Day mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary

CBS Minnesota 12/25 7:17A Jonah Kaplan

MINNEAPOLIS Thousands of parishioners from across the metro and greater Minnesota attended Christmas Day mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary. This was the 110th Christmas at the Basilica, which first...

Minnesota's top sports stories of 2024: Emerging superstars, teams for sale and more

CBS Minnesota 12/25 4:00A Anthony Bettin

MINNEAPOLIS From deep playoff runs to disappointing seasons and superstar contracts to broken business deals, it's been a noisy, chaotic and occasionally celebratory year for Minnesota sports. The Timberwolves, Vikings, Lynx and Wild have all...

Minnesota's top stories of 2024 every month

CBS Minnesota 12/25 2:00A Riley Moser

MINNEAPOLIS Here's a look at the most clicked WCCO.com stories from each month in 2024. January: Sixth-grade student dead, 5 others injured in Perry High School shooting On Jan.4, 2024, the town of Perry, located about 40 miles northwest of Des...

Man seriously hurt after stabbing in Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall, suspect arrested

CBS Minnesota 12/24 3:11A Johnny Kahner

MINNEAPOLIS A man in his 30s suffered life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed late Monday night on Nicollet Mall. Officers from the Minneapolis Police Department and Metro Transit Police found the man bleeding around 11:53 p.m. on Nicollet...

Extreme floods, record-breaking winter: Here are the top Minnesota weather stories of 2024

CBS Minnesota 12/24 2:00A Aki Nace

MINNEAPOLIS It's been a weather year of extremes in Minnesota, with a warm winter, floods and a drought to cap off the summer. There have been, of course, lovely days in between, but Minnesota saw...

Mild temperatures in the Twin Cities, foggy conditions across western Minnesota

CBS Minnesota 12/24 1:22A Joseph Dames

MINNEAPOLIS Tuesday starts with mild temperatures in the upper 20s, but holiday travel might be impacted by fog moving across western Minnesota. Foggy conditions could become more widespread overnight...

Mild holiday week in Twin Cities, with multiple shots at precipitation

CBS Minnesota 12/23 1:29A Joseph Dames

MINNEAPOLIS Monday begins a mild holiday week with a couple of chances for precipitation. Highs will be just below freezing as the week begins, with freezing drizzle, freezing rain and snow possible...

Winter solstice brings Minneapolis fewer than 9 hours of sunlight this Saturday. Here's the upside.

CBS Minnesota 12/20 12:00A WCCO Staff

MINNEAPOLIS Saturday marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. To help you endure the dearth of sunlight, WCCO has put together a guide to the solstice in the Twin Cities, including how short the day will be, when the sun will rise...

Temps drop in Minnesota Friday as winds blow around fresh snow

CBS Minnesota 12/19 11:35P Katie Steiner

MINNEAPOLIS Thursday's snowstorm has exited Minnesota, but the winds will blow that snow around during the Friday morning commute. The Twin Cities got an average of about 5.5 inches of accumulation, with higher totals to the south and west and...