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Authorities recover 2 missing boaters in Minn.

Divers have recovered the bodies of two Little Falls men whose boat capsized on Blackduck Lake in northern Minnesota.

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Tornado damages homes, businesses in Spicer

Tornado damages homes, businesses in Spicer

The tornado that touched down in Spicer yesterday brought down heavy trees and damaged the roofs of about half a dozen homes.
by Ambar Espinoza

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2 killed in dump truck crash in southern Minnesota

Two men died when a Blue Earth County Highway Department dump truck was struck by a train near the southern Minnesota town of Lake Crystal.

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School bus goes in ditch in Maple Grove; no students injured

No students were injured when an Osseo school bus carrying 39 students and 11 adult chaperones went into a ditch in Maple Grove.

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St. Paul man drowns in Alaska rafting accident

Authorities say a 22-year-old man from St. Paul drowned when his raft overturned on a river in the foothills of the Brooks Range.

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Tanker truck overturns on I-94 near Albertville; road reopened

Interstate 94 near Albertville reopened nine hours after a tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel onto the roadway.

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Stillwater boy, family survive Ontario tornado

A 17-year-old Stillwater boy says when he, his father, grandfather and two cousins were sucked into a tornado in Canada it sounded like a giant vacuum cleaner.

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Alcohol suspected in fatal crash in Cass County

State Patrol officials believe alcohol may have played a role in a fatal car crash in north central Minnesota Tuesday afternoon.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Safety drills this week at Monticello nuclear plant

Safety drills this week at Monticello nuclear plant

Several hundred emergency responders will descend on Monticello this week for a routine safety drill at Xcel Energy's nuclear power plant.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Woman dies from fall north of St. Cloud

A woman died from injuries suffered in a fall from a moving vehicle near Hillman on the Fourth of July.

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