straight ahead warmer weather has many heading to the car wash for a little
early spring cleaning don't throw away those old TV antennas just yet they
could give you access to technology of the future and daylight saving time is
going to start in less than about three weeks about a month earlier than usual
and more daylight is good news for some but there are problems for others I'm
Jessica Hopkins these stories plus for sender forecast your news is next
you're watching news 12 at 6 the one to watch for local news good evening and
thanks for joining us for 40 years Americans have observed daylight
saving time starting the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in
October well that all changes this year news 12 Nathan Harrington shows us why
springing forward this year may cause some problems 2005 President Bush signed
the energy policy act extending the standard daylight saving time by almost
a month the intent of the law was not to have an extra month of longer days but
to help conserve energy however our own computers may be the aspect of our lives
that's affected the most there will be some unforeseen issues that happen
outside of certain software and windows itself some external peripherals and
other components or functions that we use our computer on an everyday basis
that will require updates to be in sync and work properly most of the problems
will stem from older operating systems that have been set up for the old
daylight saving time sort of like a mini y2k glitch the new starting time could
cause problems if precautions aren't taken potential problems are if you
don't have automatic updates on your Windows set and or if you don't run
updates or if you're on an operating system older than Windows XP or Windows
2000 professional trouble isn't confined to just home computers some major
industries could be affected by the switch some of the costs that have been
outlined are for the airline industry anything that's scheduling based nobody
knows for sure even no matter how prepared they are that those are all
gonna work correctly once giving daylight savings time comes however
people should not panic some software or hardware might not work properly but it's
not the end of the world even though most computers with newer operating
systems should be spared from serious problems anyone with an older system
might want to get an expert opinion on how to be prepared in Mankato Nathan
Harrington news 12
I'm meteorologist Mark Torello in the skywatch 12 weather center very fine out
there for today temperatures just a little bit above average for this time
of the year we had ample amounts of sunshine and our temperatures responding
nice a high temperature this afternoon of 37 degrees in Mankato as we get you
live outside courtesy of our Minnesota pork sky cam just a few streamers of
high clouds around but everybody's staying dry for tonight as we check out
storm tracker 12 we can show you the dry conditions that prevail right now across
southern Minnesota and northern Iowa and a quick check of our temperatures look
at this not doing too bad we're all above freezing at this hour 36 degrees
in Mankato matching that in Lucena and New Ulm is 36 in St. James 37 in
Jackson and 37 degrees in both Fairmont and Blue Earth we'll have weather
headlines and a check of your five-day forecast in just a few minutes straight
ahead Jessica to you all right thanks Mark well now that the weather has
warmed up many are taking time to clean off the winter mess from their vehicles
you could call it a little early spring cleaning for your car car washes are
running non-stop and with bank thermometers showing temperatures above
freezing that means much of the snow is starting to melt and that melting snow
could pose a new threat on area roads officials say drivers should use extra
caution as snow melts off of medians and curbs and onto streets you're gonna find
your large puddles of water in low areas and you know this is not the time of
year that drivers expect to see that kind of thing so when they hit that
water it's gonna surprise them sometimes it is relatively deep causing their cars
to hydroplane lieutenant Hillagos recommends being prepared for the wet
roads avoid using cruise control and slow down and remember as temperatures
decrease there is a chance that the roads will refreeze well speaking of the
possibility of accidents Sibley County authorities responded to one last night
just before it nine o'clock authorities say a 19 year old Lasur man was driving
his truck east on County Road 8 when he lost control on the icy roadway and
rolled his truck he was taken to the Lasur hospital his condition is not
known tonight it might be time to pull those old rabbit ears out of storage
because believe it or not antennas are making a comeback
news 12 Kelsey Sobey has more on how an old-fashioned antenna may give you
access to technology of the future when it comes to the public in television
people have some high expectations everybody has the great sound in their
home or now they want the great picture the television industry is making the
most of a government mandate to broadcast digital signals better picture
quality better quality sound just overall better picture and in bringing
back the antenna that high quality is more accessible than you may think I
think that's actually the secret is that it is simple antennas you know a free
source of high definition antenna or definition television right now so it's
a pretty good choice for most people and because HD choices can cost cable or
satellite customers extra more are turning to over-the-air signals a lot of
people are also installing antennas with their satellite systems and an add-on
to what they already have an add-on that is well worth the cost considering the
signal will come to your home free of charge the River Hills mall radio shack
sees plenty of interested customers each day about three people come in search of
a high definition TV and one or so ask about purchasing antennas and they expect
the numbers to keep increasing especially as February 2009 draws closer
when the standard analog signal will cease to exist but all the while
antennas will be making headway but I've seen you know there's technology that
makes it come back antennas allowing those high definition TV sets and home
theaters to live up to their owners high expectations in Mankato Kelsey Sobey
news 12 a Senate committee has approved a modified statewide smoking ban that
would accept bars that install ventilation systems the bill was amended
with a schedule giving bars deadlines for installing the systems the amendment
would also prevent local governments from imposing their own requirements
tonight on news 12 at 10 we'll hear from the local senator who sponsored the
original bill and reaction from a bar owner currently taking advantage of the
exemption to our local smoking ban it's another drive to save lives we'll take
you to MSU Mankato and show you how several people are hoping to make a
difference and former MSU hockey star David back is this turning into a rookie
sensation with the st. Louis blues Perry will have more on the former Maverick
coming up in sports and it's much mild across the southern tier of the US but
it's all look and no touch however a parcel of this will work in our direction
for the next couple of days we'll talk about a pleasure five-day forecast
in just a few minutes straight ahead you are watching news 12 at 6 with Jessica
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donors rolled up their sleeves to give the gift of life over 150 students
faculty and other members of the community gave almost 130 units of blood
during the five-hour drive at Minnesota State University Mankato it was
coordinated by upward bound of MSU the MSU volleyball team and the American
Red Cross organizers say this drive couldn't have come at a better time every
season has its problems with collecting blood winter is harder for people to get
around and then you have you know road accidents increase so you need that
blood supply in there but you know it's the shortage it's not a dire shortage
right now but there's never a time when they don't need more blood even though
the prospect of giving blood may frighten some people that donate find the
rewards outweigh the fear it really helps a lot of people and you know
sometimes it's good to face things that you may not want to do right away and do
it because it's a good experience if you miss today's blood drive at MSU there
will be another at Bethany Lutheran College on Thursday Ridgewater College
along with partners Parker, Hanifin, Windings and Kraft have been awarded a
$350,000 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant the grant will
provide training to production workers manufacturing technicians and supervisors
at the three new home businesses this funding will be available over a three
year period for the businesses there have come together to form a
community of practice it's a business relationship that serves the interests of
individuals as well as the collective interests of the group
finally that warmer weather has arrived but how long will it stick around Mark
has your forecast coming up next and the San Diego Chargers have one of the best
teams in the NFL and now they have a new head coach Perry will tell you who got
the call coming up in sports and later just how cold was that polar plunge in
St. Peter yesterday stay with us
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we ran the story at the beginning of the newscast all of the people lining up to
wash their cars today how long do you think the car will stay clean that's the
real question well we may have some storm in us moving in for the upcoming
weekend so you know that would make things a little bit dirty but I was one
of those people that got the car washed too and now you have to deal with
driving around all of the puddles right that's right you're dodging here and
there but let's take a look at the weather headlines I'll tell you a
beautiful day out there for today no complaints winter warm if you will our
temperatures were a good five to ten degrees above normal across the real
estate this afternoon and we're still sitting above freezing at this hour so
much melting continuing keep in mind that water will refreeze at night as we
go below freezing so a few icy spots on area roadways right now a weekend watch
we may be in for a snowstorm possibly a rainstorm and maybe a little bit of
freezing rain so stay tuned we'll keep you posted every step of the way and
look at this we've got 29 days until the official start of spring when we trade
in the snow for the spring showers that's me when I'm getting excited about
the rain storms okay all right let's talk about what's going on out there
right now 36 degrees in Mankato wind chills not too impressive at 23
northwest winds are blowing at 16 miles per hour as we widen out on the big
scene there's plenty of winter warmth here off to our south and west as 44
north flat 43 right now in Omaha Nebraska 38 in Sioux Falls 40 in here
and as we check it out in Minneapolis right now we're sitting in the low 40s
so here's a look at the hometown temperatures and we're basically
sitting in the mid to upper 30s at this hour a high this afternoon of 37 in
Mankato we're down one degree at 36 it's freezing right now in Hutchinson at 32
36 in Oatana and Albert Lee and Worthington it's zero degrees no report
coming in there 37 right now in Windom and 36 degrees in Spencer just a two
nights of a day everybody took the day off in Worthington look at that all
right so as we put the clouds and radar into motion we are noticing that canopy
of clouds but they're basically the high thin variety so we will have some
breaks in the overcast for tonight allowing for some starshine everybody's
staying dry but fog could be a problem especially for early tomorrow morning
reducing visibility on area roadways looking at that future cast will avoid
all the storminess around this part of the country we may have an episode of
some light snow that should stay well to our north across the northern tier of
Minnesota for tomorrow we'll have some clouds mixing with the sunshine here and
once again a carbon copy in terms of temperatures as we get into the upper
30s and you know it could even get better before this week is done
temperature wise as we break down your forecast it goes this way for tonight
mostly cloudy skies there will be some patchy fog forming especially late
tonight into early tomorrow morning and keep in mind some icy spots on area
roadways a little black ice and a low temperature tonight of 20 for tomorrow
or we'll turn any frowns upside down it's turning out to be a wonderful week
weather wise a high tomorrow afternoon of 38 degrees a little filtered sunshine
courtesy of the high clouds pushing in but again above average with highs going
into the upper 30s everywhere and here we go now with your five-day forecast I
told you it would get better and look at this Wednesday lots of sunshine even
milder we'll have a lot of melting snow on Wednesday a high of 44 degrees on
Thursday a shade cooler highs topping off in the low 40s with a mix of sun and
clouds and then we've got some change to talk about here for Friday and Saturday
clouds will be on the increase rain and freezing rain possible late on Friday
and then Saturday it's a toss-up right now stay tuned as we get more
information and we'll bring you the very latest but rain or snow possible here
for Saturday and possibly Sunday too we may be in for a big snowstorm slash
rainstorm slash freezing rain a little bit of everything here so we'll stay
tuned we'll have the important update tonight right here new with 10 all
right thanks mark now here's news 12 dianne Cheney with a look at what we're
working on for news 12 at 10 a state smoking ban is watered down during a
Senate committee today we'll have reaction to the latest developments plus
what can women do to reduce the risk of heart disease the American Heart
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Miami here on the one to watch channel 12 the Bethany Lutheran Vikings are
preparing for their final home basketball games of the season Vikings
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the wild without talking about the blues we have a former MFU Maverick making
some headlines I guess kind of a slow start for mr. back as a rookie but he's
caught fire of late and everybody knows who he is now Jessica no question about
it the wild are pondering a split of their two road games over the weekend
today before they hit the ice again tomorrow night back at the X the wild
beat a very good Nashville team on Saturday and then fell last night in
st. Louis to the blues the blues were led to victory by a former MSU standout
David back us the former Maverick scored one goal in his first 22 games with st.
Louis but he's hit the net four times in his last three games so all of a sudden
the kid has caught fire he's a big guy too 200 pounder 6-3 and I'll tell you
what he hangs around around the goal and got his own rebound here in the first
period around 802 remaining and scored his first goal of two of the night that
made it two to nothing wild made this pretty good hockey game though they came
back in at Adam Hall we picked him up scoring his first goal for the wild to
make it close but then after the Blues came back to take the three to two lead
the eventual game winner scored again by back us right here on a rebound he pokes
it home and the Blues would hang on for the five to three victory the wild will
return to action tomorrow night when they host the Dallas Stars it's a 7
o'clock face-off at the XL Energy Center in St. Paul it's time to play ball almost
Minnesota twins pitchers and catchers began their spring training workouts
today at their facility in Fort Myers Florida the full squad is due to report
by Friday and it's a done deal Norm Turner has been named the new head coach
of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers Turner spent last season
as the offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers before that was the head
coach of the Oakland Raiders Turner is also a former head coach of the
Washington Redskins so this will be his third time around as a head coach his
overall record 58 82 and one Turner replaces of course Marty Schottenheimer
who was fired last week the Bethany Lutheran basketball teams both wrap up
the regular season tomorrow night at home with their biggest rival from Martin
Luther not only will it be the rivalry but senior night as well with the Viking
women honoring Mankato native and Minnesota Valley Lutheran grad Jessica
Merced with four conference player of the week awards this season alone and a
two-time All-American their career will definitely be one to celebrate this year
is probably the best she's ever played ever which is great for her to go out
playing like this you know so I expect to get better and better each game and
we'll miss her and but hopefully build off the foundation that she's left
behind this is the first year that we've made the tournament the UMAC tournament
and it'd be a lot different I guess if it was the last game but it's not I'm
definitely looking much more towards the weekend and the tournament and see how
we do that yes the men will follow the women and bit a due to a pair of seniors
as well as captains Ross Libby and Alfonso Mayfield closed the home portion
of their careers Libby is a hometown product from Emmanuel Lutheran while
Mayfield has become one of the best in all of division three winning UMAC
honors three times this season and is on his way to a third All-American title as
well what a great place for Ross Libby to be and you know he hasn't always
played as many minutes as he probably liked to but has been a captain on our
team has been a leader in the locker room Alfonso there's not enough words
to describe a kid that scored you know 2200 points has 750 rebounds for us but
I think the thing he does best that other kids don't do is he makes
everybody else better when I first came here I mean I wouldn't expect to none of
that none of that came through my mind you know I just come here to play ball
you know do the best I could and it's always worked out real well for me
well you should can say that again the big games between the Vikings and Knights
start with the women at 530 and men following at 730 one quick look at the
new top 10 in the college hoops a division one Wisconsin is the number one
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Gustavus playing their MIAC tournament the men play tonight against Carlton the
team they lost to this past weekend so they'll try to avenge that loss this
evening in st. Peter at the tournament we'll have highlights at 10 all right
thanks Perry we'll be right back with a final look at your forecast plus two on
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they say they've warmed up now but that wasn't the case yesterday news 12 Rosemary
Shultz and Nicole Winters along with Brad steel and Stunt Monkey from the
KDOG morning show took the very cold polar bear plunge yesterday afternoon
would you do this again next year I'll do it again next year no great cause no
listen I'll raise the money but ain't gonna jump the winterfest event raised
$21,000 for the Special Olympics 110 people took the leap including Nicollet
County Sheriff Dave Lang the event is put on by law enforcement agencies and
all proceeds go to the Special Olympics of Minnesota and just in case anybody
is interested Perry said that he will take a polar plunge for what $200
we were all what we are all the ones that were donating money to them but in
and all went to a good cause so congratulations to them but Rosemary
said today that she'd probably never do it again very cold very cold that's
right for tonight but daytime highs will get up into the 30s for tomorrow nice
looking day 38 for your afternoon high all right thanks Mark thanks for joining
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