Disasters

President Barack Obama is directing the Agriculture Department to authorize an additional $30 million to help crop and livestock producers in drought-stricken areas of the U.S.
Duluth police say a 38-year-old man was electrocuted in a construction accident.
A third teenager has died of injuries suffered in the collision of an SUV and a semi last week on Interstate 94 near Hudson.
Four people were hurt in two separate incidents Monday afternoon at agricultural facilities in southwestern Minnesota.
Dry conditions prompt change to U.S. Forest Service fire management policy
The U.S. Forest Service has issued a directive to urge fire managers to move more quickly to extinguish wildfires this season. The agency's usual policy is to let many small fires burn themselves out.
Authorities have identified a man who died while scuba diving near Vergas.
Leaders say Aug. 24 is tentative date.
The U.S. Forest Service is at least temporarily suspending a policy of letting fires burn in the national forest system in hopes of saving resources spent on fighting infernos that start small and grow out of control.
One dead after part of MOA parking ramp collapses
A 52-year-old man was killed and two other people were injured Friday night when a support beam in a parking ramp fell on the rental truck they were driving at the Mall of America.