Disasters

MnDOT pays $30,000 penalty in worker's death
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has paid a $30,000 penalty for serious safety violations in the death of a worker clearing floodwaters last spring.
The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to do more to ensure pilots aren't too tired to fly, nearly three years after the deadly western New York crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots.
State: Many smoke detectors in Mora fire not working
The Minnesota Fire Marshal's office says many of the smoke detectors were not working in the Mora apartment building where three people died in a fire last week.
The Minnesota State Patrol says a semi-trailer has collided with a school bus in northwestern Minnesota, causing the bus to overturn. The eight children on the bus were taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Metrodome roof collapse was a year ago Monday
It's been almost exactly one year since three panels of the Metrodome roof collapsed after a storm dropped 17 inches of snow in 24 hours, and Metrodome officials are ready to mark the anniversary on Monday night.
Sheriff: 3 dead, 1 critically injured in Mora fire
Three people are dead and another critically injured after an apartment fire in the east-central Minnesota town of Mora.
Minnesota may have experienced its safest Thanksgiving travel period on record.
Anoka H.S.student dies after collapse on basketball court
Principal Mike Farley said in a message to parents and students that Kareen Hopkins had a pre-existing heart condition.