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Boy, 13, pulled from Lake Superior dies

The St. Louis County sheriff's office says 13-year-old Jeffrey Watson Jr. died about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at a Twin Cities hospital.

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Officials ID missing Lake Pepin boater

The Pierce County sheriff's office has released the name of the man missing after he fell from a boat into Lake Pepin.

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Search continues for missing plane, pilot

Civil Air Patrol crews are continuing to search the Arrowhead region of northeastern Minnesota for a twin-engine plane that went missing Friday.
by Matt Sepic

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Girl pulled from Cedar Lake dies

A teenage girl has died after being pulled from Cedar Lake in Minneapolis.

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Search continues for boater on Lake Pepin

The search continues on Lake Pepin in Pierce County for a man who fell from a boat.

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Search for small plane in Lake Superior

Searchers looked on the ground and in the waters of Lake Superior on Sunday for a plane that went missing over northeastern Minnesota.

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Girl pulled from Cedar Lake in Minneapolis

The Hennepin County sheriff's office is calling the incident a ``near-drowning.'' Her condition was not immediately known.

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Weekend road closures

MnDOT officials urge metro drivers to plan ahead this weekend for road closures and detours.
by Jessica Mador

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Report: Vibrating cables caused damage to Sabo bridge

Report: Vibrating cables caused damage to Sabo bridge

Vibrating cables caused steel plates on the Sabo pedestrian and bike bridge in Minneapolis to fracture, an engineering firm that studied the damage said Friday.
by Brandt Williams

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Motorcyclist struck by SUV on I-694 dies

An accident in Vadnais Heights killed a motorcyclist overnight, adding to what state authorities say is a spike in the death toll among riders this year.
by Tim Nelson

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