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Disasters

Phone outage in NE Minn. reveals potential dangers

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.
by Bob Kelleher

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Wis. National Guard headed to Haiti

The Wisconsin National Guard has been tapped to help in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

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2 women escape before SUV bursts into flames

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.

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Funeral set for Saturday for Duluth pastors' son who died in Haiti quake

Funeral set for Saturday for Duluth pastors' son who died in Haiti quake

The funeral for a Lutheran seminarian from the Midwest killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti will be on Saturday in Decorah in northeast Iowa.

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Future unclear for workers of burned St. Charles plant

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.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Haiti food convoy attacked; UN warns of volatility

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.

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Newsmaker: A Minnesota doctor in Haiti

Newsmaker: A Minnesota doctor in Haiti

Midmorning speaks with a Minnesota doctor about medical conditions in Haiti three weeks after the earthquake.

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Minn. bus driver accepts plea deal in fatal crash

Minn. bus driver accepts plea deal in fatal crash

A Moorhead tour bus driver has reached a plea deal in a 2008 crash that killed a Minnesota high school band student on Interstate 94.

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Man found dead in St. Paul apartment fire

Firefighters in St. Paul discovered the body of a man after fighting a fire at an apartment building.

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