Minnesota leaders are reacting and offering their condolences after a mid-air collision​ between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening.

A Minnesota native is among those who died when a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport, family friends tell WCCO.

Minnesotans in Washington ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration said there is plenty of energy and excitement, even despite cold weather​ forcing the event indoors​.

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office deputies joined over 3,800 officers for a historic swearing-in at a presidential inauguration.

However, before going to Washington D.C., Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She was later consecrated as the ninth bishop of Washington in November 2011.