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Five people found dead inside Duluth home

Five people found dead inside Duluth home

Duluth police say five people were found dead Wednesday inside a home in the city's East Hillside neighborhood, in what officials called an "unimaginable tragedy."
by Andrew Krueger

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Cleanup continues in Taopi, Minn., after EF2 tornado devastated community

Cleanup continues in Taopi, Minn., after EF2 tornado devastated community

Cleanup continued Thursday in the southern Minnesota community of Taopi, after an EF2 tornado caused significant damage Tuesday. "The support from all the surrounding communities is unbelievable,” one resident said.
by MPR News Staff

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Stanek hospitalized after vehicle crash in Wright County

Former Hennepin County Sheriff and current Republican gubernatorial contender Rich Stanek was hospitalized after a crash in Wright County on Tuesday night.
by Tim Nelson

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Tornado causes major damage in southern Minnesota community

Tornado causes major damage in southern Minnesota community

Severe storms — including a tornado touchdown with estimated peak winds of more than 130 mph — wrecked homes and left two people injured late Tuesday in the southern Minnesota community of Taopi. "The whole town is gone, basically," one resident said as he surveyed the damage.
by Tim Nelson and Catharine Richert

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Downtown St. Paul grocery store damaged in overnight fire

Downtown St. Paul grocery store damaged in overnight fire

Fire officials say they believe a fire that caused extensive damage to the exterior of the Lunds & Byerlys grocery store in downtown St. Paul early Tuesday was intentionally set.
by Tim Nelson

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Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1

Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.
by The Associated Press

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