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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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Crews still clearing burned Sartell mill

Crews continue to remove large rolls of damaged paper at the Verso Paper mill in Sartell where an explosion and fire last month killed one person and injured four others.

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Officials release name of boy who drowned in pool

Authorities have released the name of a 6-year-old boy who died after he was found unresponsive in a supervised pool at a Hopkins country club.

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Groups with offices at Mpls church claim 'botched' fire investigation

Groups with offices at Mpls church claim 'botched' fire investigation

The fire that destroyed the Walker Community United Methodist Church in Minneapolis disrupted the work of several nonprofit groups that had office space in the building. Some of them blame the city for not allowing them to recover their belongings, and for "botching" the investigation into the cause of the fire.
by Brandt Williams

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Cost of paper mill firefighting balloons

Cost of paper mill firefighting balloons

Local officials say the cost of fighting a smoldering fire at the Verso paper mill in Sartell could climb to six figures.
by Conrad Wilson

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Cyclist dies after being struck in Shoreview

A 28-year-old bicyclist has died after being struck by a car in Shoreview.

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2 hospitalized in Hutchinson plane crash

2 hospitalized in Hutchinson plane crash

Hutchinson Police Services say they received a report of a plane going down and smoke coming from a crash site just before 4 p.m. Thursday.
by Rupa Shenoy

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