Charles Jensen | Writer

For the record, it has been gorgeous here. Over the weekend, I could have worn shorts.

MINNEAPOLIS – It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the “Icebox of the Nation.”

It was so cold that resident Nick McDougall couldn’t get his car trunk to close after he got out his charger to kick-start his dead battery. By late morning, the temperature had risen all the way to 18 — below zero.

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I’m feeling for you, T and E.