School was held that day in La Crosse, Wis., but only in the morning. No classes were taught. Instead, students attended a program highlighting the sacrifices veterans had made for their country. Then ...

LUDINGTON, MI - For Great Lakes mariners, sometimes the difference between having your own epic tale of survival to tell - or having someone else tell your story - really just comes down to being in ...

Seventy five years ago Wednesday, Mankato residents were planning a giant parade on what started out as a balmy day. Then the temperature rapidly dropped and strong winds began to blow — a mix that ...

LUDINGTON, MI - The Armistice Day Storm of 1940 was a freak weather event that killed more than 150 people, including 64 sailors on Lake Michigan. Hurricane-force winds were whipping up 40-foot waves ...

PENTWATER, Mich. (WZZM) – November 11, 1940. For those who were alive on that date, especially in the Midwest region of the United States, it was a day never to be forgotten. More than 150 people lost ...

Nov. 11, 1940, was an unseasonably warm fall morning. Across Minnesota duck hunters climbed into their boats to take advantage of the misty, 40-degree weather. By mid-morning, the wind had changed. A ...

Later that morning, on a farm just outside of Lamoni in southern Iowa, Duane Sandage, a few days shy of turning 15, had returned home from school with his older brother Stan, who was a grade ahead of ...

As I sat by my window Monday watching the blowing snow, I was reminded of another blizzard — on Nov. 11, 1940, when I was in second grade. Our house in Pipestone stood across the street from the ...

FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze to ...

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