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'MN Masks On' volunteers make 20,000 masks and counting for HCMC's Emergency Department In honor of MLK National Day of Service, the group met over Zoom for a "sew-a-thon" to make masks to donate. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 7:28 PM CST January 18, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service. In honor of MLK, a group of Minnesotans got together over Zoom to sew masks for donation.  The "sew-a-thon" on Monday is one of many virtual events the group, MN Masks On, has held since...

Protolabs, 3D-Print Metal Fabricator, Up on Output-Platform Deal Protolabs, a 3D-printing metal fabricator, agreed to pay as much as $330 million for 3D Hubs, an online manufacturing platform Author: Protolabs  ( PRLB) - Get Report jumped Tuesday after the 3D-printing metal fabricator said it definitively agreed to buy 3D Hubs, the Amsterdam online manufacturing platform, for as much as $330 million. The Maple Plain, Minn., company said in a statement it would pay $130 million cash and $150 million of stock for 3D Hubs. Protolabs will pay as much as an additional $50 million, half in cash...

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Snowfall leaderboard from Dec. 29 winter storm Add it all up and the Twin Cities has already received 30.5 inches of snow. Author: Bring Me The News Believe it or not, the Twin Cities has already had more than 30 inches of snow this cold season, including an official 2.4 inches measured at MSP Airport on Tuesday.  The 2.4 inches wasn't much more than a nuisance snowfall, but there were locations around the state that got double or triple that amount. Check out the snowfall leaderboard from the Dec. 29 storm, which produced 8-12 inches in a stripe from central Iowa to northern Illinois. Minne...

A blizzard-like snowstorm last week made for some scary scenes on Minnesota roads. My wife and I barely escaped last week's pre-Christmas Eve blizzard that swept through much of Minnesota. We left Wednesday morning for Christmas in Illinois, just hours before the slight drizzle we drove out of turned into ice and snow. While we were fortunate enough to get out in time, many Minnesotans weren't so lucky. Photos and videos posted across the internet show just how bad Wednesday's snow storm was. A video posted to Youtube by Storm Chasing Video shows the whiteout conditions and massive pileup th...