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News Cut: Minnesota Weekend
It's time for the annual "Minnesota Weekend" photo show on News Cut. Take your camera with you this weekend, take a picture of something uniquely Minnesota and send it in.
Organizers are hoping to stage the world's largest bike parade Saturday in St. Cloud.
Large trucks are banned from the Stillwater Lift Bridge starting Friday.
About 70 miners and retired mine workers met in Eveleth with researchers from the U of M, who are studying why there's a high rate of mesothelioma on the Iron Range.
Zebra mussels found in Alexandria lake
Invasive zebra mussels have been found in Lake Le Homme Dieu in Alexandria. A resident found the invasive species attached to a coffee can in the water.
Cass Lake residents continue waiting for Superfund cleanup
Cass Lake residents heard an update this week from the Environmental Protection Agency on plans to clean up the St. Regis Superfund site.
An 8-year-old boy was killed Monday night in central Minnesota after he apparently stepped into a shallow pool of electrified water, authorities said.
A Golden Valley man died Monday afternoon in northern Minnesota after the driver of the car he was traveling in fell asleep at the wheel, authorities said.