November 23, 2001 -
November 26, 2001 - A snowstorm closed schools and slowed travel today in Minnesota and neighboring states. Up to 8 inches of snow has fallen in southwest Minnesota and winds are gusting over 30 miles an hour. Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports:
November 26, 2001 - A major winter storm could dump record amounts of snow over much of the state. It has already forced many schools in southern and central Minnesota to close early. And Twin Cities Airport officials have had to cancel more than 70 incoming and outbound flights. Seth Binau (BEE-now) is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. He says the storm is concentrated on the central third of the state:
November 26, 2001 - James McQuirter is a forecaster with the National Weather Service. That's James McQuirter, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
November 27, 2001 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that while the snowfall in Duluth from storm is not immense, the wind hitting Lake Superior is, creating damage…and spectacle.
November 27, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Tim Post spent the morning with his neighbors, shoveling more than a foot of heavy, wet snow. A powerful winter storm buried central and western Minnesota with as much as 30 inches of snow. The heaviest band of snow stretched from Willmar to St. Cloud.
November 27, 2001 - MPR's Jeff Horwich discusses snowfall, bad roads and school closings in Central Minnesota. That's Minnesota Public Radio's Jeff Horwich reporting from Collegeville.
November 27, 2001 - The winter storm that's hit much of the region couldn't be better news for snow-starved children in Minnesota. The fresh white blanket also means a lot to the many businesses that have been anxiously waiting for winter. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
November 28, 2001 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Les Heitke, the mayor in Willmar, about snowstorm that stalled over that city and buried it in snow.
December 7, 2001 - It is unseasonably warm for December.