Disasters

A man accused of causing a crash that killed a mother and her two sons during a police chase is charged with vehicular homicide.
Ten volunteers from the Builders Association of the Twin Cities are in Haiti. They are assisting with the ongoing earthquake recovery by building two homes near Port au Prince. The construction project was funded by money raised during the annual Twin Cities Parade of Homes.
A Minnesota grandmother, plucked from an icy lake by three mystery men, says she doesn't know who to thank.
An elementary school in the eastern Twin Cities was briefly evacuated because of a chemical smell in the hallway.
At least one death in southwest Minnesota is being blamed on this week's snow storm.
In a reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will not pursue offshore drilling off the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
A Minnesota family and classmates are grieving the loss of a high school sophomore who died after going into cardiac arrest on a school bus.
Authorities say slippery roads are to blame for a dozen vehicles in the ditch and at least two rollover crashes in the Twin Cities area this morning.