Disasters

Authorities have recovered the body of a Fargo man they believe drowned while swimming illegally in a water-filled gravel pit across the border in Minnesota.
This weekend, the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek will hold a series of events to honor six victims who were killed when a gunman opened fired Aug. 5, 2012.
Dayton mulling special session for disaster relief
  Gov. Mark Dayton is in preliminary talks with legislative leaders about a one-day special legislative session to deliver disaster aid to 18 counties that had heavy damage from storms in late June. Dayton spokesman Bob Hume said Dayton would like to call the special session to ensure that the state share of disaster aid…
Beltrami County sheriff's officials say they're investigating a fatal hit-and-run.
Sheriff's officials have released the name of a 14-year-old boy who died in a swimming accident in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
Safety officials have a new warning about the popular sky lanterns after one ignited a fire at a Rochester hotel.
More than 200 people have died in traffic deaths in Minnesota so far this year, Minnesota Department of Public Safety officials said Monday.
The collapse happened late Monday morning in the middle of a block of connected brick homes. Police say witnesses report hearing an explosion.
Four people, including an infant, are recovering from injuries after a deck collapsed at a home in a Minneapolis suburb.