Yes, it's winter. It gets cold. A cold stretch of this length and magnitude, however, is something we haven't seen since January of 2018. That's when we had a week straight of highs of 40 degrees or ...

The weekly gatherings of knitters at Needle & Skein, a yarn store in Minneapolis, are typically filled with giggles and storytelling. But, earlier this month, a heaviness hung in the air. "It was just ...