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Shipping deadlines for the 2023 holiday season
Couriers are reminding folks to put gifts in the mail by their respective deadlines to ensure the packages arrive in time for the holidays.
MINNEAPOLIS — If there’s any indication as to how busy this year’s holiday shipping season will be, one need look no further than 2023 Cyber Monday and Black Friday sales.
According to data collected from Adobe Analytics, shoppers threw down $12.4 billion on Monday alone, making it the biggest online shopping day ever. Now, companies responsible for transferring those gifts quickly and safely from point A to point B are reminding folks to put those gifts in the mail by their respective deadlines to ensure packages arrive in time for the holidays.
The United State Postal Service said packages sent through their offices should be out by Dec. 16 for ground shipping and first class mail, while those at FedEx put a Dec. 15 deadline on five-day ground shipping.
For UPS, specific ground shipping dates can be determined through its website, but if you opt for the company’s three-day select service, you’re looking at a deadline of Dec. 19 in order to be received by Friday, Dec. 22.
For information on international mail and shipping, visit your courier’s website or nearest location.
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Police are investigating after three men were shot early on Saturday morning.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are investigating after three men were shot in the Ventura Village neighborhood early Saturday morning.
According to Minneapolis police, officers were called to the area around East 21st Street and South 15th Avenue around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Officers found three men had been shot. One of the men died and the two others were taken to the hospital with what police described as life-threatening injuries.
Officials said the shooting happened at a small homeless encampment.
Police have not announced any arrests as of Saturday morning.
KARE 11 will update this story as more information is made available.
This Halloween the chocolate shop is getting very festive.
MARINE ON SAINT CROIX, Minn. — A small sweet shop in a Minnesota river town has won some BIG awards for its chocolates.
St. Croix Chocolate Company in Marine on St. Croix has won national and international awards including Best of Show in this year’s America’s Division of the International Chocolate Awards.
Their chocolates are available at the St. Croix Chocolate Company kitchen or online.
This Halloween they are selling a Halloween Countdown Calendar that features 14 prize-winning recipes made into ghosts, bats, skulls and other spooky configurations. They also have a Boo Bag-handled tote that comes with their “best of” Halloween assortment.
Owner and Chocolatier, Robyn Dochterman, joined KARE 11 Saturday to share what St. Croix Chocolate Company has to offer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Making pasta at home is relatively simple, as long as you have the right tools.
October is National Pasta Month and Red Rabbit‘s Corporate Chef, Adam Lerner, joined KARE 11 Saturday to show us how to make homemade noodles in the confines of your own kitchen.
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