Southern Minnesota digs out from season's first major snowfall

Between 6 and 7 inches of snow fell across the south Twin Cities metro Wednesday into Thursday, the National Weather Service said.  

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A person and their dog walking through the snow at Father Hennepin Park in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.
The fresh snowfall at Loring Park in Minneapolis on Thursday morning.
The fresh snowfall in the south metro on Thursday morning.
Snow covered the patio on Wilson Park Tower apartment buliding Thursday in Minneapolis. Nearly seven inches of snow fell in the Twin Cities metro area overnight.
The sun rises on the snow dusted Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis Thursday.
Minnesotans woke up to several inches of snow to plow including those in Burnsville on Thursday.