Disasters

February 13, 2014 3:40 PM

Snow spurs crashes, closes I-35 in Duluth

Five inches of quickly falling snow on Thursday caused dozens of accidents across Duluth, including a multi-car crash that closed a stretch of Interstate 35 for hours.

by Dan Kraker

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February 13, 2014 11:15 AM

WATCH: Corvettes being sucked into sinkhole

Security cameras were rolling Wednesday when a sinkhole opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky.

by Mark Memmott

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February 12, 2014 3:52 PM

Frostbitten Minn. student returns home to family

A University of Minnesota Duluth student who suffered severe frostbite after spending the night outside in subzero temperatures has left the hospital and is back at her family's home in St. Cloud.

by The Associated Press

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February 12, 2014 10:10 AM

Driver plunges off road near Lake Superior

A man was rescued near Duluth in subzero temperatures Tuesday morning after his car hit a guardrail and plunged down 50-75 feet, landing near Lake Superior, according to the Duluth Fire Department.

by Liala Helal

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February 12, 2014 7:13 AM

North Dakota farmer dies in grain bin accident

Logan County Chief Deputy Sheriff and Coroner Steve Engelhardt says 39-year-old Charles Sperle died in the yard of his farm near Napoleon on Monday afternoon.

by The Associated Press

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February 7, 2014 3:53 PM

Jury awards nearly $17M in grain bin death

An Illinois jury has returned a record verdict of nearly $17 million in the deaths of two teenagers and the traumatic entrapment of a third worker in a grain bin in 2010.

by Mark Memmott

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February 5, 2014 10:43 AM

Fire destroys Brooklyn Center duplex after alleged dispute

Firefighters tackled a fire for about four hours early Wednesday at a two-story duplex in Brooklyn Center that they suspect was set ablaze intentionally after a dispute in one of the units.

by Liala Helal

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February 3, 2014 1:31 PM

Death toll rises to 27 in Quebec seniors' home fire

Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered from the ruins of a home for senior citizens in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, and authorities believe that bone fragments found in the burned-out building will help them identify five more victims.

by Mark Memmott

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February 3, 2014 11:31 AM

Man says he ate birds, turtles in 13 months adrift; officials skeptical

It's a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles away.

by The Associated Press