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Duck boat that sank in deadly accident is raised from lake

Duck boat that sank in deadly accident is raised from lake

The duck boat that capsized and sank last week on a sightseeing cruise was raised from a Missouri lake Monday, more than three days after the accident that killed 17 people near the tourist town of Branson.
by The Associated Press

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Divers recover body of Minneapolis boy from northern Minnesota mine pit lake

A spokesman for the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office said the boy was playing Frisbee with his father on Friday evening when the disc landed in the water. He was swept away by a strong current while trying to retrieve it.
by Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Survivors recount deadly Missouri duck boat sinking

Survivors recount deadly Missouri duck boat sinking

Survivor Tia Coleman said the crew showed passengers where the life jackets were but said, 'Don't worry about it, you won't need it.'" Nine members of her family died when the boat sank.
by Associated Press

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Volunteers provide food, care in wake of Iowa tornadoes

Volunteers provide food, care in wake of Iowa tornadoes

The tornado that hit the city was among a flurry of unexpected twisters on Thursday that injured at least 17 people and flattened buildings in Marshalltown, Pella and Bondurant.
by Associated Press

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Officials release names of those killed when Missouri tour boat sank

Officials release names of those killed when Missouri tour boat sank

More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Missouri lake were members of the same Indiana family, and they likely would not have been on the ill-fated boat but for a ticket mix-up.
by Associated Press

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Brainerd grapples with how to save its iconic water tower

Brainerd grapples with how to save its iconic water tower

Earlier this month a chunk of concrete fell off the 141 foot structure, known as "Paul Bunyan's flashlight." No one was hurt, but now, city officials are scrambling to figure out what to do next.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Changing climate has waterlogged MN towns reeling

Changing climate has waterlogged MN towns reeling

Current science says Minnesota can expect warmer, wetter years -- and those are the conditions that produce heavy rains.
by Dan Kraker

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Boy's body recovered from Dodge County pond

The Olmsted County Medical Examiner's Office will do an autopsy on the body of a 7-year-old boy pulled from a pond in Dodge County.
by Associated Press

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