Disasters

Emergency crews in Farmington have freed man who was trapped in a grain silo for more than eight hours Thursday.
Minnesota doctor recalls surgeries in Haiti
Dr. Ken Guidera is back from Haiti. His skills as an orthopedic and pediatric surgeon were especially needed in there, because many children were injured in last months earthquake.
Phone outage in NE Minn. reveals potential dangers
A burned-out cable severed communications at the U.S. Border Patrol office in Grand Marais and across north east Minnesota last week, and local officials are calling for an improved network--for safety and security's sake.
Two women escaped unharmed after a mattress, stuck under their SUV, ignited and caused the vehicle to burst into flames on an interstate in the Twin Cities area.
A few weeks ago, company officials with North Star Foods said they would not rebuild a poultry processing plant that burned down last April, and workers in the southeastern Minnesota town of St. Charles are unsure of their future.
Haiti food convoy attacked; UN warns of volatility
Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
Newsmaker: A Minnesota doctor in Haiti
Midmorning speaks with a Minnesota doctor about medical conditions in Haiti three weeks after the earthquake.