From NPR News in Washington, I am Barbara Klein.Another arctic blast is about to turn the Midwestern US into an icebox.Cold air from the arctic is pushing down into the US as far-south as the Golf Coast.From Minnesota public radio, Matt Sepic reportsseveral states are getting ready for bone-chilling temperatures that could prove dangerous.Frigid temperatures are nothing new in Minnesota,but the forecast here goes far beyond the average winter cold snap.By Sunday night temperatures in the twin cities metro could fall to minus 27,the coldest here in 17 years.Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all public schools closed Monday.The last time a Minnesota governor ordered schools closed because of cold weather was in 1997.The Packers and 49ers game in Green Bay, Wisconsin Sunday could be the NFL's chilliest everwith a high of minus one and a night time low of minus twenty-two with gusty winds.The cold snap is expected to end Wednesday and temperature could climb above freezing by next weekend.For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepic, in Saint Paul.One of Mexico's top drug traffickers is under arrest in the Netherlands.Teri Schultz reportsthe US is seeking his extradition to face charges in California.Dutch prosecutors say they are holding Herzira Rigo Aliachigal Gambour,a 33-year-old Mexican suspected being a leader in the powerful Sinaloa cartel.Aliachigal was nabbed in Amsterdam Schiphol Airportas he disembarked a KLM flight from Mexico City.Dutch police say US authorities tipped them off that Aliachigal would be flying there under a false and asked them to arrest him.
