The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department had to come to the rescue of a 61-year-old man who was thrown into the frigid water of the Mississippi River Friday afternoon.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the drivers involved in a head-on crash in Wabasha County along the Mississippi River Thursday afternoon came out of it with non-life threatening injuries.
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reporting Highway 63 is closed south of Lake City and north of Oak Center because of a traffic wreck that happened early Monday.
La Crosse, WI (KROC-AM News) - The torrential rains that have produced deadly flooding in parts of eastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin are predicted to produce sharp increases in water levels on the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, but no significant flooding problems are expected.
The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes were responsible for some of the damage caused by the severe storms that ripped across sections of Minnesota on Tuesday.