The National Weather Service has significantly upgraded the risk for flooding in southeastern Minnesota since the region's initial flood outlook was released two weeks ago.
A slight bow in the ceiling tiles in a portion of Gage Elementary School in Rochester led to the evacuation of that section of the building and eventually the entire school.
Owatonna, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reporting the northbound lanes of I-35 between Iowa border and Owatonna are now open but the southbound lanes are still closed due to the deep snow drifts from the weekend blizzard...
Some preliminary numbers gathered by the State Department of Homeland Security shows over 600 stranded motorists were rescued across southern Minnesota during the weekend blizzard.
Travel conditions are slowly improving across southeastern Minnesota, but some major highways remain closed and no travel is still advised in most areas.