Disasters

A pastor and his wife have died in a traffic crash in the Twin Cities.
The St. Paul Fire Department says workers trying to clear an ice dam from a house this week accidentally started a fire.
Carelessly discarded cigarettes are being blamed for a house fire that killed a University of St. Thomas student and injured three others last month.
The Edina Fire Department evacuated the homes near 5400 Kellogg Avenue after a natural gas leak was discovered, according to the city of Edina's website.
The National Weather Service in Minnesota says that the southern part of the state could be in for a second straight spring of significant flooding.
Panel: Gulf oil spill could happen again
Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that has the companies involved in the nation's largest oil spill pointing fingers at each other again.
A state Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation has found no hazards at a Minnesota Power work site where a company employee was electrocuted last September.
St. Cloud City Hall search finds no intruder
A police search of St. Cloud's City Hall has failed to find a possible burglary suspect, according to Mayor Dave Kleis.
Employees have finished cleaning up after a fermentation tank collapsed in southern Minnesota, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of corn mash.
Minneapolis fire officials said Tuesday the cause of a blaze that killed two women last month was accidental.