WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul

On nights like Tuesday night, emergency crews expect the worst and respond no matter how bad road conditions are. Full Story »

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has advised no travel Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon in southern Minnesota. Full Story »

Fierce winds ripped away the roof of a police station, thousands of people lost power and drivers stuck by closed highways settled in to wait as storms swept out of the West to the nation's midsection Tuesday. Full Story »

A 27-year-old Webster man has admitted to bilking more than $7 million from at least 15 mortgage companies. Full Story »

A mom who lost her unborn baby in a car accident this weekend is doing a little better. Full Story »

Casual sex is not generally a psychologically distressing event for young people, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota's Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center. Full Story »

Investigators now say a gun was found under the man who was shot and killed by St. Paul Police Monday night. Full Story »

For those who grew up or went to school in the Twin Cities in the 1980s, there was one band that everybody remembers seeing. It was The Suburbs. Full Story »

Longtime state Sen. Dick Day says he's stepping down to lead an effort to bring state-sponsored gambling to two Minnesota racetracks. Full Story »

The State Patrol and Department of Transportation are reminding drivers to give snowplows plenty of distance. Full Story »

Gov. Tim Pawlenty backed off another round of cuts to cities and counties on Tuesday, saying he would wait to work with the Democratic-controlled Legislature next year to erase a $1.2 billion deficit. Full Story »

Just three weeks after the Northstar commuter rail service began between Big Lake and Minneapolis, one of the trains broke down and officials are replacing the faulty part on all five trains. Full Story »

The brother of Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan, Paul Dolan, 53, pleaded guilty to one felony count of fifth-degree drug possession, after he was rearrested for skipping a pretrial hearing on charges of selling and smoking methamphetamine and marijuana while working as a U.S. Postal Service carrier. Full Story »

The College of St. Benedict has renamed the Petters Auditorium at its arts center following the conviction on fraud charges last week of benefactor Tom Petters. Full Story »

About 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds are being recalled after two infant deaths. The hammock-like beds are marketed to parents of fussy babies with colic or reflux. Full Story »

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport had the worst on-time arrival and the worst on-time departure performances of the 31 busiest airports in the month of October, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Full Story »

Manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co. on Tuesday issued an unsettling profit outlook for next year, and maintained a cautious profit prediction for 2009. Full Story »

The owners of a Morris, Minn.-based construction company each face up to five years in prison for orchestrating a tax evasion scheme. Full Story »

A union representing more than 15,000 electricians is endorsing Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor. Full Story »

Aircraft-maker Cirrus Design is behind on rent payments to the city of Grand Forks and hoping to restructure the lease on its plant in the city's Industrial Park. Full Story »

A cougar spotted in the Twin Cities over the weekend appears to be on the move. Full Story »

A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a restraining order that bans a woman from attending Major League Baseball games where Bob Uecker is announcing. Full Story »

A St. Paul Police officer is recovering after being shot in the leg while investigating a deadly shooting early Tuesday morning. Full Story »

A western Minnesota man is accused of forcing a child to touch a hot stove a day before he was sentenced for hitting a child with a clothes hangar. Full Story »

Fans of "Star Wars" have a chance to see a free screening of the notoriously bad "Star Wars Holiday Special" next week in Minneapolis. Full Story »