| Good morning! Mostly cloudy east but sunny west. Highs in the mid-20s north to the lower 40s south. The warm weather has caused a bit of controversy for the annual eelpout festival up north. The sheriff isn't going to let vehicles onto Leech Lake this year -- he says the ice is too thin to sustain the traffic, the Star Tribune reports. Organizers are none too happy. They tell the Duluth News Tribune the ice is 2 feet thick. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| President Trump's embattled national security adviser resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. | Russian lawmakers mount fierce defense of Flynn |
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| Late Monday night, the city lifted a boil water advisory that had been in effect since Sunday, when residents noticed a big drop in pressure at their taps. |
| Republicans say it's about setting funding priorities for each department. Union leaders warn it would put thousands of Minnesotans needlessly out of work. | Capitol View blog |
| Nearly 900 immigrants from 89 countries became U.S. citizens on Monday in St. Paul, but the president's immigration policies have some of them worried. | Judge says Trump travel ban case can proceed in lower court |
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| In the last election, it became easier to see the political divide between urban and rural areas. Now, people from California are moving to northern Idaho to find people similar to them. |
| Life on the Mississippi is a joy, mostly, for the folks who live in the city's funky houseboat community. That doesn't mean it's easy keeping the muskrats out, or the winter ice at bay. | See also: Even in the frozen North, a yurt's so good |
| Amy Tobin's musical career took her to Miami and Jamaica, where she played reggae with the likes of Ziggy Marley. She served as concertmaster of the St. Paul Civic Symphony from 2008 until her death in January. |
