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Worker dies in lumber mill fall

State officials are investigating after a worker was killed on the job at a northern Minnesota lumber mill over the weekend.
by Matt Sepic

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Fargo and Moorhead to see river crest in days

The Red River will crest this week in Fargo and Moorhead, several feet lower than originally expected. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Dan Gunderson who was in our Moorhead bureau.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dan Gunderson

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Dayton asks for storm disaster declaration

Dayton asks for storm disaster declaration

After an ice storm earlier this month caused damages estimated at $26 million, Gov. Mark Dayton is asking for a presidential disaster declaration for a five-county area of southwest Minnesota.
by Mark Steil

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Sandbag walls rise in Fargo ahead of Red River's crest

Sandbag walls rise in Fargo ahead of Red River's crest

In what's almost become a city-wide tradition, Fargo residents went about building sandbag defenses on Friday to hold back the rising Red River.
by Conrad Wilson

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Photos: Fargo flood fighters stack sandbags ahead of Red River's rise

Photos: Fargo flood fighters stack sandbags ahead of Red River's rise

While the Red River is expected to crest just below 38 feet next week at Fargo-Moorhead, sandbag dikes are being constructed to protect to 40 feet.

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Shakopee biomass plant fire contained

Scott County officials say the effort to contain the fire following an explosion at a biomass energy plant could run through the weekend.
by Tim Nelson

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Minneapolis fire near Children's Hospital

Firefighters were trying to put out a blaze Thursday morning at a deli on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis that started at about 3 a.m.

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Bangladesh building collapse kills 149

Rescuers tried to free people believed trapped in the concrete rubble of a building housing mainly garment factories that collapsed in Bangladesh a day after workers complained cracks had developed in the structure. The death toll jumped Thursday to 149 after searchers worked through the night.

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