Disasters

February 3, 2010 8:21 AM

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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February 2, 2010 3:05 PM

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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February 2, 2010 10:28 AM

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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February 2, 2010 8:58 AM

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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February 2, 2010 8:55 AM

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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February 2, 2010 5:58 AM

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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February 1, 2010 10:46 AM

Furnace malfunction blamed for weekend carbon monoxide poisonings

Authorities said Monday that a malfunctioning furnace was to blame for the carbon monoxide poisonings at a home in northern Minnesota over the weekend.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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February 1, 2010 7:02 AM

Child rescue bid raises tough questions in Haiti

The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised an uncomfortable question in this brutally poor and earthquake-devastated country: could some children be better off abroad under the grim circumstances?