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Greater Minnesota

Guilty plea in infant asphyxiation death

Nicole McKay, 26, has pleaded guilty to child endangerment in the death of her 2-month-old daughter, Emma Dennis, who died Nov. 25, 2013.
by The Associated Press

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Duluth airplane maintenance firm plans for growth

Duluth airplane maintenance firm plans for growth

An airplane maintenance operation that opened in Duluth in 2012 celebrated a milestone Tuesday as it announced a new five-year contract and plans to grow.
by Dan Kraker

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Byron Smith found guilty in Little Falls murders, sentenced to life

Byron Smith found guilty in Little Falls murders, sentenced to life

Byron Smith has admitted shooting and wounding, then killing the intruders. His attorney had argued that Smith acted in self defense and out of fear for his life when he killed 17-year-old Nicholas Brady and 18-year-old Haile Kifer.
by Matt Sepic

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Defense rests in Little Falls murder trial

Defense rests in Little Falls murder trial

Byron Smith is charged with first degree murder in the shooting deaths of two teenaged intruders on Thanksgiving Day of 2012.
by Matt Sepic

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Winds rip trees, power lines across NE Minn.

The biggest outages came in Duluth and International Falls, Minnesota, where more than 1,000 customers temporarily lost power Monday.
by Dan Kraker

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Heavy ice slows Lake Superior shipping season

Three heavy ice breakers are escorting ships in convoys of five across the lake, where stacks of wind-blown ice are still 8 feet thick in places.
by Dan Kraker

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