...one area was pounded with baseball-sized hail for as long as 10 minutes. National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Krause spent Monday and Tuesday reviewing the storm damage. Power poles were blown down, farm buildings were destroyed and...

...They say it was a monster tornado. ... It all just happened so fast."National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Krause said it was clearly a tornado - the first to hit the city since August 2009. "There was no doubt right away," he...

...get ruined. "It snowed all day long," said Knudsen. "But it didn't deter the prom. We had a great time." Todd Krause, a National Weather Service forecaster, expects the weather to improve over the next week. "Once this little cold...

...bring a very welcome relief for several days, cool Canadian air from our neighbors to the North,'' said forecaster Todd Krause. Some hot spots Friday: Winona at 99; St. Cloud and Shakopee, 98; Redwood Falls, Red Wing, Anoka and Glenwood...

...were at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. Elsewhere during Sunday's storms, an 80-foot radio tower went down during high winds near Dassel, about 52 miles west of Minneapolis, said Todd Krause, National Weather Service meteorologist.