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Fond du Lac band angry over response to coal train spill

The band says it took four hours for Burlington Northern Santa Fe to notify the tribe Saturday, when 40 train cars overturned, spilling coal onto the frozen surface of the St. Louis River.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota officials alarmed by increase in pedestrian fatalities

Minnesota officials alarmed by increase in pedestrian fatalities

The Department of Public Safety said that, going into this weekend, 10 pedestrians had been killed in traffic incidents statewide in 2019. That compares to three at the same time last year.
by Mike Moen

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40 cars from coal train derail in northern Minnesota

Forty cars from a coal train derailed Saturday morning along the St. Louis River in northeastern Minnesota.

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BCA: Remains are of U of M student missing since 1970

BCA: Remains are of U of M student missing since 1970

Human remains found in an abandoned rural Minnesota home are those of 18-year-old Gloria Rieken who disappeared in Minneapolis in November 1970, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Wednesday.
by Tim Nelson

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Parkland student survivors brace for 1st anniversary of school shooting

Parkland student survivors brace for 1st anniversary of school shooting

Since the shooting, young Parkland survivors have emerged as the driving force in calling for stricter gun laws in the U.S., through a series of marches, school walkouts and voter registration drives.
by Brakkton Booker

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Two die in head-on crash along icy highway in SE Minnesota

Two people died Friday when their pickup truck collided with a semi head-on amid icy conditions along U.S. Highway 61 in southeast Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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