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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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Thai cave rescue: Boys and coach speak to press as they leave hospital

Thai cave rescue: Boys and coach speak to press as they leave hospital

The 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach who were trapped in a cave together for two weeks are set to go home from the hospital.

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Bicyclist killed in downtown Minneapolis

Police say a bicyclist was killed when he failed to stop for a red light at a busy downtown Minneapolis intersection and was struck by a car.
by Associated Press

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Bicyclist versus lift bridge. What could possibly go wrong?

Police say a bicyclist who weaved past the gates blocking access to a bridge over a river in eastern Wisconsin escaped serious injury after falling into the gap that was created when the bridge started to rise.
by The Associated Press

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Flood fight continues in Kanabec County

Flood fight continues in Kanabec County

Sandbagging efforts continued in Kanabec County on Saturday, in the wake of torrential rainfall earlier in the week that caused flooding across the county.
by Kathryn Hockman

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Families meet in Mississippi a year after 16 died in military plane crash

Families meet in Mississippi a year after 16 died in military plane crash

A year after a U.S. Marine Corps plane broke into pieces high in the sky and slammed into a Mississippi soybean field, relatives and friends are keeping alive the memories of the 15 Marines and Navy corpsman who died in the crash.
by Associated Press

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