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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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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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