Disasters

June 12, 2013 7:02 AM

Infant dies after being left in car seat

Authorities found that the girl had been left in a car seat in a vehicle for what investigators said was an extended period of time.

by Tim Nelson

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June 11, 2013 9:07 AM

3-year-old boy drowns in Nisswa

First responders were called to the east shore of Lake Edna about 6:30 p.m. Monday. The lake is just west of Highway 371.

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June 10, 2013 10:20 PM

Minn. man dies during Canadian fishing trip

A vacationer from southern Minnesota has died after falling out of a boat into a northwestern Ontario lake over the weekend.

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June 10, 2013 2:28 PM

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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June 10, 2013 4:00 AM

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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June 9, 2013 4:11 PM

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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June 9, 2013 3:30 PM

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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June 9, 2013 10:58 AM

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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June 7, 2013 10:22 AM

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