A beautiful three-day weekend in southeastern Minnesota drew many into the woods and rivers for duck hunting and fishing. Then the storm hit. The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 killed more than ...

By Kristin Holtz, Correspondent 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 mi… ...

Norman Roloff and his best friend, Sonny Ehlers, used to get together every Armistice Day and toast their good fortune. They weren’t, after all, dead. On the afternoon of Nov. 11, 1940, the m… ...

It was another "early in the season" storm that caught Minnesota residents off guard -- the Armistice Day Blizzard. That blizzard struck back on Nov. 11, 1940.

FARGO — Widely considered to be one of the worst blizzards in the recorded history of the Midwest, the Armistice Day blizzard, which happened 80 years ago, cost 154 people their lives and ...

St. Peter’s snow-covered streets were void of traffic following the Armistice Day blizzard. Wednesday is the anniversary of the 1940 storm. Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society The Free Press ...

FARGO — Widely considered to be one of the worst blizzards in the recorded history of the Midwest, the Armistice Day blizzard, which happened 79 years ago this week, cost 154 people their lives ...

A look back at the Armistice Day Blizzard and how it changed weather operations 80 years ago for the better, Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

Armistice Day blizzard still one of worst in Minnesota READS LANDING, Minn. -- Willis Kruger was a new game warden, maybe a year into his first assignment around Wabasha, Minn., when he was ...

Armistice Day blizzard took tragic toll in '41 . Jeff Dellitt/ QUAD-CITY TIMES ... It was unseasonably warm when Armistice Day now known as Veterans Day began Nov. 11, 1940.

On this day, 79 years ago, the infamous Armistice Day Blizzard took our region by surprise. On the morning of Nov. 11, 1940, people in the Red River Valley woke up to a ground blizzard with ...

ST. PAUL Norman Roloff and his best friend, Sonny Ehlers, used to get together every Armistice Day and toast their good fortune. They weren't, after all, dead. On the afternoon of Nov. 11, 1940 ...