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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...

By Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Snow in early October and early December is pushing the fall harvest of some row crops in the Dakotas into the winter months, and farmers might be forced to leave some corn in the field until spring. That hasn't happened since 2009,...

By Matt Volz HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Temperatures across the western half of the nation are plunging as much as 40 degrees below normal as an Arctic cold-air mass moves south. A storm system that brought up to 2 feet of snow and bitter cold to the Rockies and Northern Plains...

Air conditioners are resting easier this July. Saturday morning, a 109-year-old record for Mitchell's low July 27 temperature fell when 45 degrees was recorded by the National Weather Service. The previous record of 46 was set in 1904. It got even cooler on Sunday morning, dropping...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Don't be fooled by the sunshine in South Dakota. It's dangerously cold outside. The National Weather Service has issued wind chill advisories in the Sioux Falls area as temperatures hover around 0 with a wind chill of 26 below. Overnight, the temperature will...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- School is canceled in many South Dakota cities because of cold weather. Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Mitchell schools were among those calling off classes Thursday because of dangerous wind chills. The National Weather Service says the wind chill could drop to as...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- A South Dakota woman was charged Monday with neglect following allegations that she kicked five young boys out of her home and into subzero temperatures over the weekend. Local media reported Monday that Kiyanne Arpan, of Sioux Falls, was arrested early Sunday...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Frigid temperatures have moved into the Dakotas as an arctic air mass continues to spread across the region. The National Weather Service says below-normal temperatures are expected to continue through at least Tuesday morning. The coldest wind chills are in...

Missing the snow, ice and cold weather that has always accompanied a South Dakota winter? Weary of the warmer than normal, extremely dry conditions the area has witnessed in the "winter" of 2011-2012? Well, look outside this morning and exult. A shot of winter weather is in store...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Wintry weather is sweeping through the Dakotas after a week of record warmth. A winter weather advisory is in effect in much of North Dakota, and most of South Dakota is under a wind advisory. The National Weather Service says falling temperatures during the...

RAPID CITY (AP) -- Overnight low temperatures promised to drop below zero in the Dakotas early in the week, but snow that caused travel problems over the weekend had moved out of the region. National Weather Service reports show a couple of inches of snow fell in much of the two...