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Disasters

Duluth towers resident dies after fire

An unattended cigarette apparently caused a fire that killed a man living in a Duluth high-rise.

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Snowmobiler who died in icy lake identified

Authorities have identified the teenager who died after he and another young man crashed through the ice on a north central Minnesota lake.

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Up to fifth of Duluth hydrants don't work in cold

When firefighters responded to a blaze at a Duluth business last week, they found two of the seven hydrants nearby didn't work.

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Highway closed after massive accident

A chain reaction car crash near Fargo yesterday has made national news. Dozens and dozens of cars plowed into one another on Interstate 94 outside of Fargo. The freeway is closed between Jamestown, N.D. and Alexandria, Minn. because of bad road conditions and abandoned vehicles. Jim Thorson, the Chief Deputy Sheriff of Cass County, N.D., talked to MPR's Cathy Wurzer about the situation.
by Cathy Wurzer

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FAA: 2 killed in small plane crash near Milaca

The FAA says the plane departed Thursday morning from Aitkin, headed for Beaumont, Texas, when it lost radio contact at about 10:15 a.m.

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Mechanical issue prompts ski lift evacuation in Duluth

A four-person ski lift at Duluth's Spirit Mountain had to be evacuated after breaking down.

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Dome fix delay will affect hundreds of games

About 300 baseball games were scheduled in the dome in February and March -- including about 40 University of Minnesota games and 250 small college games.
by Jessica Mador

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Plymouth Avenue bridge in Mpls. could be closed for more than year

The Plymouth Avenue bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis could be closed for more than a year while the city works on fixing corroded internal cables that help hold the bridge up.
by Tim Nelson

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Clay County fire causes $3 million damage

A fire that destroyed the Clay County Highway Department building in Barnesville caused at least $3 million in damage.

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Fire badly damages church in Blaine, Minn.

Fire badly damaged a church in Blaine Tuesday night. No one was hurt and the Oak Park Community Church was empty at the time.
by Tim Nelson

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