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Disasters

New Web site pools best research on rural highway safety

New Web site pools best research on rural highway safety

The University of Minnesota is launching a Web site to track the best research and policies regarding safety on rural highways.
by Tom Weber

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Autistic man improving after rescue in Wisconsin

The condition of the autistic man who was rescued after seven days in the Wisconsin woods has improved from critical to serious. Keith Kennedy remains in the intensive care unit at a Minneapolis hospital.

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Bush makes disaster declaration for Minnesota

President Bush has issued a federal disaster declaration for Minnesota for four counties hit hard by flooding in the southeastern part of the state.

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Barge traffic caught in a logjam

Barge traffic caught in a logjam

Flooding across the Midwest has forced the Army Corps of Engineers to close several locks along the Mississippi River, halting barge traffic from St. Louis to St. Paul.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Four Minnesota counties qualify for FEMA assistance

Four Minnesota counties qualify for FEMA assistance

Total damages from flooding in Southeast Minnesota comes to nearly $9 million. Houston, Fillmore, Mower and Freeborn counties were the hardest hit.

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Special search software helps locate missing man

Hundreds of volunteers, in addition to search dogs, planes, helicopters and ATVs, helped authorities search for Keith Kennedy, a 25-year old autistic man who was lost for one week in the Wisconsin woods.
by Tom Crann

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Klobuchar urging federal government to speed relief

Klobuchar urging federal government to speed relief

US Sen. Amy Klobuchar is urging the federal government to rush relief aid to the southern Minnesota counties that suffered major damage in recent flooding.
by Jessica Mador

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Southern Minn. wrestles with flooded fields

Southern Minn. wrestles with flooded fields

By some estimates, more than five million acres of farmland across the Midwest have been ruined by flooding so far this season.
by Tom Crann

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Midwest flooding may cause more levee overflows

Midwest flooding may cause more levee overflows

The federal government said Wednesday that 20 to 30 more levees may overflow the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa down to St. Louis.

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Corps increasing water release levels at Watson reservoir

Corps increasing water release levels at Watson reservoir

The Army Corps of Engineers is increasing the amount of water it is releasing from a reservoir near Watson in western Minnesota.
by Tom Weber

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