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Transcripts detail landslide rescuers' initial desperation

Transcripts detail landslide rescuers' initial desperation

Calls to 911 when a landslide buried two children in St. Paul's Lilydale Park last month reveal confusion over how to get emergency help to the victims.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Man dies after falling out of deer stand

A 55-year-old Hibbing man has died after falling from the roof of a deer stand in northeastern Minnesota.

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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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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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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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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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