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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Hurricane Sandy as the sprawling storm roared menacingly...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next...

BEMIDJI — Improved road conditions in northwest Minnesota have prompted the Minnesota Department of Transportation to upgrade driving conditions Thursday afternoon to fair. An early winter storm of rain, snow...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation's worst drought in decades consumed a larger portion of the lower 48 states last week with the Midwest corn harvest in full swing, according...

BEMIDJI – The Sanford Center’s Shake by the Lake event scheduled for Friday has been postponed, event center staff announced Wednesday. The live music event had been planned for the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The drought and dry conditions are expanding across Minnesota. Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that 83.5 percent of Minnesota is now rated abnormally dry...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An increasingly warm climate is worsening the problem of harmful Great Lakes algae blooms by boosting the intensity of spring rains that wash phosphorus into...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State Fair is making accommodations for the heat. Thursday's temperatures are expected to soar into the upper 90s with a heat index hovering...