Disasters

Rural Minnesota has the largest percentage of unbelted traffic deaths, according to government data released Thursday as a part of a seat belt enforcement campaign.
A homemade balloon aircraft landed in a Colorado field but there was no sign of the 6-year-old boy believed to be inside.
Flood-control projects hinge on economic impact numbers
The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 14 options in Fargo-Moorhead for flood control, but there's a catch. For a plan to gain federal approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the project cost.
The sister of a Thief River Falls woman who had been missing for nearly a year says her body has been found inside a car that authorities pulled from a river in her hometown.
An explosion at a grain elevator shook the southeastern Minnesota town of Pine Island on Wednesday.
The Hennepin County medical examiner's office has released the name of the 32-year-old Lakeville man who was killed over the weekend when his car hit a traffic light in Minneapolis.
An 18-year-old died after the car she was riding in collided with a school bus carrying the Ely High School football team.
A crash between a car and a school bus carrying the Ely High School football team led officials to cancel Friday night's homecoming game and dance at Onamia High School.
Beltrami County authorities say an Anoka man was injured in a grouse hunting accident in northern Minnesota.