Parts of southern and eastern Minnesota are digging out from more than a foot of heavy, wet snow Wednesday. The National Weather Service received a report of 13 inches of snow near Dennison and 12 inches in Credit River, south of Prior Lake. The official total at the Twin Cities airport as of noon was 9.5 inches.

Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared snow emergencies. That means special parking rules are in effect for the next few days.

And state officials are predicting higher energy prices because of tariffs imposed this week by the Trump administration.

Those stories and more in today’s afternoon update.

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