The DNR is in its 11th year of offering free entry. According to Sara Berhow, with the Parks and Trails division, the day started as an alternative to Black Friday shopping.

The shoreline of Lake Superior at Tettegouche State Park features changing leaves on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, near Silver Bay, Minnesota.

The Minnesota DNR has four free days a year — one in each season — to allow people the opportunity to get outdoors and explore one of Minnesota's many state parks.

In its latest snowfall forecast, the National Weather Service is predicting that the northern border of Minnesota could see up to 4 inches of snow between Thursday morning and Sunday as flurries continue over the coming days.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Thanksgiving will be cold with some stray flurries across Minnesota. Thursday is expected to be cloudy, gray and cold, with a few stray flurries through the day. Some wind will be coming out of the northwest, making temperatures feel chillier.

Flurries will fly in parts of Minnesota on Wednesday, and arctic air is set to arrive in time for Thanksgiving.

What looked like a hopeless situation was turned into an improbable victory by the Wichita State men’s basketball team in a Thanksgiving thriller on Thursday. The Shockers erased a late five-point deficit in regulation,

It is the ESPN Events Invitational as Minnesota faces Wichita State. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Minnesota-Wichita State prediction and pick. Minnesota comes into the game sitting at 5-1 on the year.