A Bobcat is on the move in Minneapolis on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, amid the heaviest snowfall of the season in the city. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)
MINNEAPOLIS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) – The Minneapolis-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 7.4 inches at the airport. That easily beat the 5.5 inches that fell at the airport Dec. 19.
Other parts of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area got hit even harder, with 11 inches reported in Stillwater and Woodbury and some communities getting as much as 12 to 13 inches. Gov. Tim Walz activated the National Guard to assist stranded and struck travelers in Freeborn County.
“I wouldn’t want to say it’s unheard of or unusual but it’s still pretty remarkable to see the power of nature with these storms,” National Weather Service meteorologist Jacob Beitlich said.
The slippery roads contributed to dozens of crashes, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. As of 7 a.m., the patrol had recorded 70 crashes with property damage, two injury crashes, 111 vehicles off the road, 25 spinouts and seven jackknifed semis.
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