Disasters

A semitrailer loaded with live turkeys overturned in Stearns County Tuesday, injuring the driver and killing some of the birds.
A Rothsay man is dead after a car struck him as he mowed his lawn.
A Minnesota teen is sentenced to eight years in prison for a car crash that killed two passengers last summer in western Wisconsin.
Dry spring has northern Minn. on high alert for wildfires
Weekend rains have helped alleviate the immediate fire danger in northern Minnesota, but fire officials say much more rain is needed to overcome a long dry spell that reminds some people of moisture levels not seen in decades.
The car that hit a 16-year-old boy in Fridley on Sunday had a green light, and the driver likely won't be charged, authorities said Monday.
Technologies for oil spill cleanup
Experts are throwing everything they've got at the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico to mitigate the spread of oil to the gulf coast including: dispersants, skimmers, and booms. Midmorning discusses the technology behind oil cleanup and whether it will make a dent in this environmental disaster.
A 6-year-old girl has drowned in a motel swimming pool in central Minnesota.
Minnesota organization continues relief effort in Haiti
Tom Crann talked with a director from Haiti Outreach, a Minnetonka-based organization that has been doing community development in Haiti for 13 years and, like most organizations there, has been pitching in with earthquake relief.
Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez spill
An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.
Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management officials said Thursday they are requesting that six more counties be included to the state's major disaster declaration for spring flooding.