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Amtrak Line Set To Reopen After Flooding
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Many flood-related passenger train disruptions are expected to end once Amtrak reopens a 1,000-mile stretch of its most popular cross-country line. The Empire Builder route is...
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No Leads In Case Of Baby Found In Mississippi
WINONA, Minn. (AP) – The Winona County Sheriff’s Department has pursued more than 50 leads since a newborn’s body was found in the Mississippi River but none have yielded substantial information....
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Good Question: What’s The Point Of A Pardon?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With the raging controversy over the last-minute pardons of nearly 200 Mississippi convicted criminals, some are calling for an end to the practice of Governors being able to wipe...
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Minnesota’s New Pollution Watchdog Takes Control
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The new head of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Wednesday deflected criticism of draft standards for cleaning up the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, saying the agency...
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Growing Concerns For Rising Minnesota Rivers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There is a growing concern about the possibility of flooding especially along the Mississippi River. The river is under a flood watch near St. Paul, but up north near Aitkin, a...
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Mississippi River Above Flooding Stage Near Aitkin
AITKIN, Minn. (AP) — Flood waters are still rising near Aitkin, where the Mississippi River is expected to remain above the flooding stage until Tuesday. The Minnesota Incident Command System says the...
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5 States To Continue Suit Demanding Asian Carp Fix
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Five states are moving forward with a lawsuit against the federal government demanding steps to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite recent...
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Reality Check: Where Are Guns Allowed In Schools?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – In Minnesota, guns are banned on all school properties — public or private, across all grade levels. But that’s not the way it is in a handful of other states. Five states allow...
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3 Members Of Miss. Family Killed In N. Minn. Crash
CASS LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Three members of a Mississippi family died and one was critically injured on an icy highway in northern Minnesota, the State Patrol reported Sunday. The one-vehicle rollover...
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Body Discovered In Mississippi Near Washington Ave. Bridge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The body of a deceased man has been recovered from the Mississippi River near Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis Tuesday morning, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s...
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‘Stars Align’ For Man Stranded On Ice After Joyride
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A joyride on the ice turned into a nightmare for one man. Brett Finch is from Mississippi, and his work as a welder brought him to Superior, Wis., where he thought it would be fun...
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After Beating Cancer, Brock Wood’s Next Challenge Is The Mississippi
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Brock Wood is on a journey. “Camping for 60 days is a big deal for anyone,” he said. He isn’t just camping. He’s kayaking the entire Mississippi River – from Itasca to New...
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Bill Would Close Lock To Block Invasive Carp
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Upper St. Anthony Falls lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis would be closed to prevent invasive carp from spreading upstream into other popular Minnesota waters under a...
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Crews Searching For Fisherman Who Fell In The Mississippi
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dive teams continued searching the Mississippi River Saturday morning for a man fell out of his canoe while fishing. It happened Friday morning near the Winona Spillway at Prairie...
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Mississippi Lab Gets $16M Facelift
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Nestled along the Mississippi River between new condos and waterside restaurants is an old building where some of nature’s mysteries are being unlocked. It’s called the St. Anthony...
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Downtown Windows Illuminated With Art
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Artists lit up store front windows along Hennepin Avenue downtown Friday night. Nearly 40 illuminated “art in storefront” windows were unveiled as part of Minneapolis’ new urban...
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Mississippi Likely To Choose Minnesota Firm For Testing Contract
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s State Board of Education is poised to award a statewide testing contract to Questar Assessment, a Minnesota-based group. The education department on Wednesday...
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Barway Memorial To Bring White Roses To The Mississippi
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150419100821913AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An entire community is still grieving the death of 10-year-old Barway Collins. A volunteer search group...
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2 Mississippi Officers Fatally Shot; 3 Suspects Arrested
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi police officers were shot to death during an evening traffic stop turned violent, a state law enforcement spokesman said Sunday. Three suspects were in...
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For Vikings Lineman, Hurricane Katrina Remains A Vivid Memory
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — As Hurricane Katrina headed toward land, Isame Faciane’s family hurried to leave. Their home in Slidell, La., just outside of New Orleans, where 14-year-old Faciane lived with his...
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WCCO’s Jennifer Mayerle Shares Unforgettable Story Of Katrina Survivor
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — As we reflect on the 10-year anniversary of our nation’s worst natural disaster, one of our own shares her story. WCCO reporter Jennifer Mayerle captured one man’s heartache during...
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1 Fatally Shot At Delta State University, Shooter Still Active
Delta State University in Mississippi is on lockdown after reports of an active shooter on campus.
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Suspect In Mississippi College Shooting Found Dead
The man suspected of fatally shooting college professor Monday was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Tuesday morning.
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Augsburg Students Spend Semester Floating Down Mississippi
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Right now 16 Twin Cities college students are paddling down the Mississippi and getting an education along the way. The group who shoved off from St. Paul a few weeks ago are part...
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Canadians Traveling To U.S. Border To Buy Powerball Tickets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – At $1.5 billion, Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot is the largest ever seen in the world. But not everyone in the U.S. can take part, forcing some to go to great lengths. Six...
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Search Continues For Boater In Miss. River Near St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The search for a missing boater in the Mississippi River will continue Saturday. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of a man falling out of a boat just...
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Police: 8 Killed, Including Sheriff’s Deputy, In Mississippi Shootings
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A man who got into an argument with his estranged wife over their children was arrested Sunday in a house-to-house shooting rampage in rural Mississippi that left eight people...
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Tropical Storm Nate Weakens As It Moves Inland; More Rain, Floods Coming
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a...
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Trump Draws Protest While Honoring Civil Rights Heroes
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump has honored figures of the civil rights movement, some famous, some not, at a ceremony that exposed stark divisions among Americans about his commitment to...
View ArticleFederal Gov’t Probing ‘New Information’ In Emmett Till Slaying
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Department of Justice is reopening the investigation into the death of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death helped inspire the Civil Rights movement. Till, from Chicago,...
View ArticleSurviving Mississippi Dogs Could Be Up For Adoption Next Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This weekend, more than 30 remaining shelter dogs will arrive in Minnesota from down south after 11 died during a trip to the Twin Cities earlier this month. The surviving dogs...
View ArticleMississippi Shelter Delivers Dogs To Minnesota
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WCCO) – About 1,100 miles in 18 hours. That’s what it took for rescued dogs and puppies from Hattiesburg, Miss., to arrive in their adoptive state. The Animal Humane Society’s...
View ArticleState Of Emergency In Mississippi Over Tropical Storm Gordon
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches the Gulf Coast. Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday night that the declaration will make...
View ArticleMan Rescued After Falling 150 Feet Down Mpls. River Bank
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man needed to be rescued after falling 150 feet down over a cliff near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Monday morning. Along a wooded and winding river trail, near South...
View ArticleCorps of Engineers Suspends Plans For Drawdown Of Intermediate Pool
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will not at this time proceed with a request to temporarily lower the elevations of the Mississippi River in the intermediate...
View ArticleStudent From Minnesota Killed After Tires Fly Off Semi Truck In Mississippi
GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Tulane University student was killed at an Interstate 10 rest stop in Mississippi when two tires came loose from a passing tractor-trailer and struck her. News...
View ArticleFederal Judge Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law
A federal judge in Mississippi on Friday blocked a state law that prohibited abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, around six weeks into pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves said in...
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Wander Minnesota: Pirates On The Mississippi
They’re coming — this weekend, riverfront, St. Paul: Pirates. (credit: Science Museum) Saturday, Feb. 18 is the open date for the latest traveling exhibition at the Science Museum of Minnesota: Real...
View ArticleMinn. Community Fights Company To Preserve Landscape
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dozens of members of a picturesque Minnesota community fought a proposal Monday night to bring a mine to their town. Windsor Permian, an oil and gas company out of Oklahoma, wants...
View Article‘Don’t Be Shocked By Anything When These Two Teams Get Together’: CBS Sports’...
(CBS Local Sports) — Another week of college football season means another full schedule of games on CBS and CBS Sports Network. In the SEC, LSU and #12 Ole Miss look to run up the score. #16 Wake...
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