St. Paul

In an appearance on the FOX 9 Morning News show, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter praised the community response to this week's winter snowstorm and asked the public to continue to follow snow emergency rules. "We still need people staying off of the plow roads so that we can get through the city," he said.

Despite a winter storm expected to drop measurable amounts of snow throughout the Twin Cities the Minnesota State High School League Girls State Hockey tournament remains on schedule. FOX 9’s Rob Olson is live from Xcel Energy Center with the latest conditions.

This is a time-lapse video of salt trucks loading up with salt at St. Paul Public Works on Wednesday during the high-impact, long-duration winter storm.

The City of St. Paul has declared back-to-back snow emergencies due to the winter storm that's expected to dump more than a foot of snow across the Twin Cities after the second round of snow is done on Thursday.

Minnesota is getting hit with the first of two waves of snow as a disruptive snowstorm sweeps through the metro.

As the Twin Cities metro gets hit with round one of snow, officials were urging residents to think ahead on Tuesday. The second wave of snow is expected to bring heavier snow for the metro.

The Twin Cities metro is set to get another blast of winter weather this week, as an approaching storm brings the possibility of 14 to 18-plus inches of snow spread over multiple days.

With some significant snow in the forecast this week, Minneapolis and St. Paul plow crews are getting ready for a busy few days. In Minneapolis, the city is also asking people to move vehicles off side streets as possible. To aid with that, Mayor Frey says the city opening up about 1,300 spaces in some parking lots for those who don't have a place to put their vehicle.

The Jimmy Lee Rec Center reopened on Saturday for the first time since an employee shot a teenager in the parking lot last month, leaving the teen critically injured.