Disasters

Local musicians are coming together for flood relief at a festival in Duluth.
SUV driver charged in teen's death
The Ramsey County Attorney's Office today charged a 50-year-old man with criminal vehicular homicide in the death of a teenage girl Thursday.
Major disaster declared in 16 areas in Minnesota
A federal disaster declaration has been issued for 13 Minnesota counties and three tribal nations after preliminary assessments showed recent floods and storms caused more than $108 million in damage.
Officials at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth say they will reopen in about a week, but animal exhibits remain closed indefinitely, as they continue to clean up after major flooding last month.
The Sabo bridge shutdown cost the Met Council, the city of Minneapolis and Hennepin County more than $1.1 million.
Searchers located the body of 51-year-old Tod Crawford Thursday about a half a mile from where a pontoon boat was found on Monday.
There were no reported traffic deaths on what was expected to be the deadliest day of the year on Minnesota roads.
Officials say one worker is dead and another is seriously injured after a crane doing bridge work collapsed in Wisconsin.
A spokesman for the children who were killed when a yacht full of fireworks watchers capsized on the Fourth of July off New York says it is a family tragedy.
Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa was briefly hospitalized Wednesday in Los Angeles after choking on food, his spokesman said.