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Man's death leads to Minn. motel fire

Fire investigators say a 70-year-old man's death while smoking led to a fire at an International Falls motel.

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Zero traffic deaths over Christmas holiday is a first in four years

The Department of Public Safety says the state reported no traffic fatalities over the Christmas holiday, the first time that's happened in four years.
by Tim Nelson

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Gas leak concern forces Austin building evacuation

Austin's Main Street has reopened after part of the street was shut down because of a potential gas leak.

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Families sell houses in Moorhead to make room for flood protection levees

Families sell houses in Moorhead to make room for flood protection levees

Last March MPR reporter Dan Gunderson visited a family living in a flood damaged home on the banks of the Red River in Moorhead. Above, one of the homes moved to make room for flood protection levees.
by Dan Gunderson

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Young Lutheran pastors rebuild their lives after Haiti tragedy

Young Lutheran pastors rebuild their lives after Haiti tragedy

Eleven months after the earthquake in Haiti, Renee Splichal Larson is doing what she and her husband had hoped to do together: serve a Lutheran congregation. Benjamin Larson died when the orphanage where he was staying with his wife and cousin collapsed.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Sebeka man dies in central Minn. logging accident

The Cass County Sheriff's Office says it responded to a logging accident in the Pillsbury State Forest near Pillager in central Minnesota shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

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Small Minn. town continues tornado repairs

Residents of the small Minnesota town of Almora continue repairing homes six months after a deadly outbreak of tornadoes.

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Minivan slams into hanging semi in Wis.

Four Minnesota residents are injured after their minivan slammed into a semi trailer hanging over the edge of an overpass near Mauston.

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