Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties are included in a hazardous weather outlook issued by the National Weather Service early Tuesday morning.

It is going to be a blustery day on Friday in Minnesota. The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a Wind Advisory . It will be in effect from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

Reports suggest cuts are happening in waves of 500 and 800 employees, though officials have declined to confirm the information.

The National Weather Service has also issued a winter storm warning that includes the Twin Cities metro, and a blizzard warning for several southeast Minnesota counties. The rainfall is expected to begin on Tuesday afternoon before turning to snow late Tuesday into early Wednesday,

St. Paul area, southern Minnesota and much of Iowa were on the downward slide of a powerful winter storm. The storm brought the heaviest snow of the season to Minneapolis, where the National Weather Service reported 7.

A storm bringing a little bit of everything — rain, gusty winds, snow, and blizzard and whiteout conditions — will strike the state from Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

Some counties surrounding the Willmar area are in a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service.

Southern Minnesota has been struck with a blizzard warning from the National Weather Service ahead of a powerful spring storm that could dump more than a half-foot of snow and whip it around with winds up to 60 mph.

A potent early March storm is promising to pack a punch in parts of southern Minnesota as it spins through the region Tuesday and Wednesday, and the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch ahead of its arrival.

We're one day closer to a midweek storm and weather officials say "confidence is increasing" that plowable snow is on its way to Minnesota. In its latest forecast discussion, the National Weather Service says "an abnormally strong surface cyclone will bring rain,

The weekend looks to be sunny and springlike, but first, a big blast of winter. A storm bringing a little bit of everything — rain, gusty winds, snow, and blizzard and whiteout conditions — will strike the state from Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon,

Road conditions in North Iowa continue to deteriorate this morning due to the blizzard. Interstate 35 from nine miles south of Clear Lake to the Minnesota border, U.S. Highway 65 from Sheffield to the Minnesota border,