Aheavy snow warning remains  in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Snow continues to fall heavily at times across east-central Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. General additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches will occur across the metro area, north toward Princeton, according to the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen..

"Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you wanted" Randy Pausch quotes while talking about knowing you're going to die. Check out this video of his last lecture. It will make you wonder why we can't all be more like him and appreciate life.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

If I hear the phrase “It is what it is,” one more time I am going to scream like I just slammed my finger in a car door.

Spring has sprung and it’s time to get out, enjoy the season and start exercising. But while you’re having fun in the park, don’t forget your pooch. Plenty of exercise makes for happier, healthier pets. Three Rivers Park District operates six off-leash dog areas throughout the metro. With more than 170 acres dedicated to dogs, you and your pet can play at one of the following locations:

The Three Rivers Park District Board of Commissioners will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 3 in the Board Room of the Park District Administrative Center, 3000 Xenium Lane N. in Plymouth.

Canterbury Park officials attributed decreases in net revenue and net income for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31 to Minnesota’s ban on indoor smoking, a faltering economy and unusually inclement weather.

I’m here to write about something sensitive...something everyone can (or should) openly admit to partaking in as a guilty pleasure.

"Reading and (attempting to) decipher VANITY license plates". Admit, you do!

I DO, and for this reason, I have personalized {{sigh, yes vanity}} plates on both of my vehicles.

One of them SEEMS pretty straight forward: 1HIT1DR
Naturally, it stands for "One-Hit Wonder" (musical artist "one-off" reference)

Jacy Stiles, 96, of Belle Plaine, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. The Rev. William Stolzman and Deacon Bob Raleigh will officiate the mass.

Visitation will be on Monday, March 31, from 4-8 p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine with a 7 p.m. rosary service, and continue on Tuesday from 8-10:15 a.m. at the funeral home.

Robert Houle, age 61, of Odanah, Wis. and a graduate of Shakopee High School, passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minn.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Bad River Community Center. Interment will take place in Odanah Cemetery.

Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. Monday, March 31, at the Bad River Community Center in Odanah.

Arrangements are by Frost Home for Funerals, in Ashland, 715-682-2929.

A Shakopee man convicted in the alcohol-related crash that killed Timberwolves guard Malik Sealy was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving.

Souksangouane Phengsene, 51, was booked into the Hennepin County Jail around 2 a.m. State Patrol spokesman Mark Peterson said Phengsene is likely to face a felony DWI charge.

In May 2000, Phengsene was driving the wrong way on Highway 100 when he hit a vehicle driven by Sealy, who died from injuries suffered in the crash. Phengsene was convicted of vehicular homicide and sentenced to four years in prison.