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Lilydale landslide reports set for release

The city hired an engineering firm and the dean of the Hamline School of Law to look at the May 22 landslide, which killed to children and injured others.
by Tim Nelson

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Reports on Lilydale Park landslide are out

Two probes of the fatal landslide have resulted in reports being issued this morning.

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Railroad tracks at site of boy's accident lacked fence, despite law

Railroad tracks at site of boy's accident lacked fence, despite law

Minnesota law requires railroads to "build and maintain good and substantial fences on each side of all lines of its railroad." There was no fence guarding the tracks where 9-year-old Marshawn Farr-Robinson had his feet severed under a train.
by Trisha Volpe

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Containment of Yosemite fire increases overnight

A massive wildfire burning around Yosemite National Park in California is now 75 percent contained.

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Sierra wildfire now California's fourth-largest

Sierra wildfire now California's fourth-largest

The 2-week-old Rim Fire moved up a spot on the state's list of large wildfires dating back to 1932 when it grew to 348 square miles - an area larger than the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose combined - on Saturday.

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Duluth to get more disaster aid to offset flood costs

More financial help is on the way to the city of Duluth to repair lingering damage from last summer's devastating flooding.
by Dan Kraker

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Train hits and kills Eveleth man

Deputies say a Canadian National Railroad staff member reported a southbound train hit a person who was on the tracks.

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Boy, 5, drowns in Grand Rapids lake

A 5-year-old boy has drowned while swimming in a northeastern Minnesota lake.

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Train hits and kills Eveleth man

A 38-year-old Eveleth man died after being struck by a train just before 3 a.m. Sunday in northeast Minnesota.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Huge California wildfire reverberates in 2 states

Huge California wildfire reverberates in 2 states

After burning for nearly a week on the edges of California's Yosemite National Park, a massive wildfire of nearly 200 square miles has now crossed into it, and firefighters have barely begun to contain it.

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