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Colder than average into the middle of next week, then 20s (normal) return to Minnesota

I wouldn't call it the "Polar Vortex" but temperatures run 10-20F below average through the middle of next week - typical for January in Minnesota

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Douglas: Warmest year behind us, but cold temps lie ahead

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Douglas: The new year brings typical January cold

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Aitkin, MN 9/9/2002 Just two hours before a special hunt by the DNR in the Aitkin area to test for CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease), this doe and her fawn stand alert in a field just south of the Clayton Lueck farm where the disease was first detected in an Elk on his farm. DNR Sharpshooters will fan out in the woods over a 9 square mile area near the Lueck farm tonight (Monday) and continue the hunt until they kill about 100 deer and test for CWD> ORG XMIT: MIN2014052912445064

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