Cold

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There's cold. And then there's subzero, frostbite cold. Record-breaking frigid temperatures will blanket the Midwest beginning Sunday, part of a "polar vortex," that one meteorologist says will send piles of North Pole air down into the U.S. These below-zero...

Mitchell K-12 public and private schools will be closed Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, due to dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills, school officials said Sunday. That includes Mitchell School District, Mitchell Christian School and John Paul II Elementary School. A Mitchell Christian...

At this time two years ago, high temperature records were set in Mitchell when the thermometer reached 58 degrees on Jan. 4, 2012, and 68 degrees on Jan. 5, 2012. The temperature could dip to around 80 degrees lower than that this weekend. The National Weather Service forecasts...

By Don Davis ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton is closing schools Monday because of predicted frigid weather. “The safety of Minnesota’s schoolchildren must be our first priority,” Dayton said. “I have made this decision to protect all our children from the...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Parts of the Dakotas are bracing for blizzard conditions followed by the coldest weather of the winter. The National Weather Service has posted a blizzard warning for much of North Dakota, and winter weather advisories for northern South Dakota. Forecasters...

More snow expected Tuesday, Wednesday.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Bitter cold temperatures delayed inmates from shoveling snow for elderly or disabled homeowners in Sioux Falls, officials said. The "Scoop It" program uses minimum-security inmates to shovel snow for people who cannot do it because of physical limitations...

By David Pitt DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several states in the upper Midwest are dealing with significantly higher prices for propane because of a supply problem caused by a late harvest, persistent very cold temperatures and the temporary shutdown of a major supply pipeline. The...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The National Weather Service says wind chills in South Dakota are dipping to near 40 below. Readings hit 39 below in Huron and 33 below in Sioux Falls at 5 a.m. Monday. The northern part of the state has been under a wind chill warning, which will shift...

Q: What is the coldest recorded temperature in Mitchell’s history? A: According to Kyle Weisser, of the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, Mitchell temperature data has been recorded since 1896. Mitchell’s coldest temperature on record is 40 degrees below zero,...

Back on the farm on below-zero days like the ones we’ve been experiencing, it was amazing how many sounds were linked to the temperature. Walking from the barn back toward the house through deep, heavily crusted snow drifts, I could hear the squeak of my boots on the snow....

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bitterly cold weather continued to blanket the Dakotas as the workweek began, but the weather promised to warm by the weekend. The National Weather Service on Monday posted wind chill advisories for both North Dakota and South Dakota, with the combination...

Yes, it really was colder than usual on Saturday. Mitchell’s Saturday temperatures didn’t quite dip as low as projected, but did set a new record for the day. Philip Schumacher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, said Mitchell’s mercury...