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Minn. man dies in tractor rollover

A 53-year-old Parkers Prairie man has died in a tractor accident over the weekend.

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MnDOT warns cyclists, motorists to be aware

MnDOT warns cyclists, motorists to be aware

As the weather gets warmer the Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning motorists and bicyclists to be aware of each other and share the road.

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Boat flip kills 2 at Lac qui Parle Lake

Two people died after their boat overturned on Lac qui Parle Lake, near Montevideo in west central Minnesota.
by Rupa Shenoy

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1913 shipwreck found in Lake Superior

Nearly 100 years after the Henry B. Smith freighter went down in Lake Superior during a November storm, a group of shipwreck hunters believes it has found the ship -- largely intact.

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After Sandy, a new threat: Soaring flood insurance

After Sandy, a new threat: Soaring flood insurance

After Superstorm Sandy, in the hardest-hit coastal stretches of New Jersey and New York, homeownersa re in limbo as they wait to see if tough new coastal rebuilding rules make it just too expensive to stay. In the federal government's newly released advisory flood maps, some homes in the most vulnerable area must be raised 14 feet on stilts at a cost of $150,000, or owners will face up to $30,000 a year in flood insurance premiums.

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Drowned paddler's ashes will return to Quetico, widow says

Drowned paddler's ashes will return to Quetico, widow says

Elaine Barber didn't expect her paddling trip to turn out the way it did. But she said she could only wait helplessly beside the churning Basswood River on Sunday, hoping her husband would make it out after their canoe capsized in the Canadian wilderness.
by Tim Nelson

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Minn. man missing along Canadian border

A Minnesota man is missing along the Canadian border in the area of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park.

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Fargo woman rescued from Red River dies

Authorities say a 41-year-old Fargo woman rescued by firefighters from the Red River earlier this week has died.

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Bomb talk halts Greyhound bus in Woodbury

Traffic is flowing normally along Interstate 94 eastbound in Woodbury after law enforcement cleared the scene of a Greyhound bus that pulled over because the driver overheard a passenger talking about a bomb.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Crews still at work on ice storm cleanup

Crews still at work on ice storm cleanup

Cleanup from April's ice storm is proceeding faster than expected in southwest Minnesota. Crews are still working to take down trees that were too severely damaged to survive.
by Mark Steil

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