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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – A 67-year-old man is dead after swimming in Bray Lake in Itasca County. According to the sheriff’s office, James George Gleason was swimming to a neighbor’s raft on Bray Lake, north …
06 Jul 12
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – Some Minnesota employees of American Crystal Sugar could soon see their jobless benefits end. Workers at East Grand Forks, Crookston and Moorhead factories automatically became eligible for 26 weeks of …
06 Jul 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – There were no reported traffic deaths on what was expected to be the deadliest day of the year on Minnesota roads. The Department of Public Safety reported Thursday that statewide …
06 Jul 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – St. Paul school officials say they are making counselors available to students after a teenager was killed by a sports utility vehicle. Police were questioning a 50-year-old man who was …
06 Jul 12
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Evidence from the computers of a Koochiching County man accused of using a totem pole to kill his wife will be allowed in the case against him. Carl Chester Muggli, of …
05 Jul 12
(Various) — After taking a break during another storm Wednesday afternoon, crews continue clearing wind-downed trees in the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. Officials are urging gawkers to stay out of the area, noting …
05 Jul 12
(Various) — Disaster recovery centers open tomorrow in Duluth, Barnum and Willow River for flood victims in northeastern Minnesota. The Department of Public Safety’s Doug Neville says there will be resources and information to assist …
05 Jul 12
(Winona, MN) — Winona Mayor Jerry Miller is telling Minnesota’s congressional delegation that just fixing the old Highway-43 bridge across the Mississippi River will not address his community’s needs for the future. Miller says two …
05 Jul 12
Listen for details coming soon on KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza! We’re going to give our listeners a chance to win a series of prizes over the Summer, June thru September. We can’t announce all the …
