FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A slushy, quickly melting blanket of snow has covered much of North Dakota and Minnesota this week, and Fergus Falls saw the worst of it — 15 inches, the highest snowfall ...

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It’s not just a lack of snow but also an increase in warm days that aligns with our decreasing snowpack trends in southern Minnesota. This winter brought nearly normal average temperatures ...

A windy Thursday ushered in much colder air, setting the stage for substantial snowfall Friday night into Saturday for the metro and much of central Minnesota, the National Weather Service said ...

That's about two feet below normal for this time of year, so we might be due for a March snowstorm or two before spring takes up a more permanent residency in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.