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Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn told KDHL his department was dispatched to 35 ice-related incidents Monday afternoon and evening. Dunn says that's a lot of calls between 3:30PM and midnight. Thanks heavens there were not many injury crashes...

Late this morning I received a special weather update from Tom Hoverstad at the Southern research and Outreach Center at Waseca. Yes, with the rain this morning, the all-time statewide annual record of 53.51 inches was broken! The cumulative annual precipitation at the Southern Research and Outreach at Waseca this morning reached 53...

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a winter weather advisory for snow, sleet and freezing rain until 6AM Wednesday. Expect a round of wintry mix or snow this morning followed by a break during the late morning and early afternoon ... Read More ...

Showers and even a thunderstorm or two rumbled through the area Friday morning. A wind advisory is out for Dakota, Rice, Goodhue, Waseca, Steele, Faribault, Freeborn, Dodge, Mower, Olmstead and Fillmore counties that will be in effect from noon until midnight on Friday...

The Faribault City Council held an emergency meeting to pass a proclamation for the city to officially be declared in a state of emergency due to flooding. Faribault Emergency Management Director Dusty Dienst told KDHL during the Midday Report after the emergency council meeting that the designation essentially means city officials may make purchases without going through the normal bidding proces

Update: The Steele County Sheriff's Office is advising no unnecessary travel because many roads are covered with water. Sand and unfilled bags are available at the City of Owatonna Public works for those who are experiencing flooding. Road closures in Rice and Steele counties: County Road 21 at 270th Street East is closed County Road 45 at the Rice and Steele County line is closed 28th Street Sout

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a flash flood watch for parts of central and southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin from 4PM Wednesday until Thursday morning. Thunderstorms are expected to begin developing across the watch area Wednesday afternoon and continue into Thursday...

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a  flash flood warning for Martin, southwestern Blue Earth, Freeborn and Faribault counties until 5AM Sunday. At 11:59 PM, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area; 3-6 inchesare likely in some areas overnight...

Monday, July 11 was a warm day, and a humid one as well. The strong south breeze helped though. As you can see in the picture, one of our dogs, Marley, has her own way of cooling off. The little pool is for our great-nephews and great-niece, our "practice grandchildren" as we call them...

It's been a busy night of severe weather in the area and Twin Cities. There are more than 130,000 people without power. Our two transmitter sites are affected by this. Some of the storms came through with 70+ mph winds. Flash flooding is taking place in some areas...