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Mark Tarello, Chief Meteorologist

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-23 04:13:54 GMT
    A groundbreaking procedure saved the life of a little boy. And it could change the way doctors treat a potentially deadly breathing condition. Kaiba Gionfriddo suffered a collapse of the windpipe. His
    Doctors invented a tiny device to help expand the airway.
  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:56 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:56:16 GMT
    Some local bike riders aren't letting the raining weather change their plans. Out promoting the benefits of biking today the mayors of Mankato and North Mankato. The weather might not be ideal but many
    The North Mankato and Mankato mayors are organizing a bike ride through the two cities.
    It's all a part of National Bike Month observed in May.





     
  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:51 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:51:21 GMT
    Dozens of eighth-graders stepped into the world of U of M agricultural researchers on Wednesday morning.
    Dozens of eighth-graders stepped into the world of U of M agricultural researchers on Wednesday morning.

Mark Tarello is Chief Meteorologist for KEYC-TV News 12 & The FOX Mankato News At Nine.

He was forecasting weather on cable television while in high school in his hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts. From there, he placed second out of 500 students in the National Collegiate Weather Forecasting contest while attending Lyndon State College in Vermont.

Tarello has worked as an on-air meteorologist just south of Atlanta at WRBL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Columbus, GA. Here he forecasted the weather during weekend evenings for two time zones serving both Alabama and Georgia. Mark was also chief meteorologist at WMDN-TV, the CBS affiliate in Meridian, MS. While working in Mississippi he worked around the clock providing viewers with the latest breaking weather during hurricane Katrina. He was also an on-air meteorologist for KMEG-TV in Sioux City, IA; WMTW-TV in Portland, ME; WVNY-TV in Burlington, VT; and New England Cable News in Boston, MA. Mark was also a meteorologist for WLVI-TV in Boston, MA, where he updated the forecast for the station web site and radio stations daily.

Mark loves forecasting the weather, and being able to talk about a different weather story each night on News 12 & FOX Mankato.

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