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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – An 8-year-old boy who was sucked into a culvert during record-setting rain in Duluth says his six-block ride through the storm sewer felt like 100 miles. Kenny Markiewicz was splashing in …
22 Jun 12
TOWN OF PLEASANT SPRINGS, Wis. (AP) – A Minnesota man has died after he was thrown from his sailboat during a regatta on a Wisconsin lake. Dane County sheriff’s officials say the 66-year-old Chaska man …
22 Jun 12
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota Army National Guard soldier from Milbank has received the South Dakota Medal of Valor for an act of heroism while saying a child’s life. Maj. Jason Kettwig …
22 Jun 12
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. (AP) – Neighborhoods in a small town southwest in eastern Minnesota are reachable only by boat. Flood water has engulfed the high school, an RV park and campground and dozens of homes …
22 Jun 12
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meets for the first time Friday to announce a chief executive and take other initial steps toward building a $975 million Vikings stadium. The authority’s five members …
22 Jun 12
DETROIT (AP) – A Detroit-area pizza chain is launching a new line of Great Lakes-themed pizzas to help support environmental efforts in the region. Buddy’s Pizza announced Thursday that $1 from each pie sold from …
22 Jun 12
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closing three locks in the Twin Cities to recreational boats Friday because of rising water on the Mississippi River. The Corp says it …
22 Jun 12
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man faces a murder charge in what authorities say is a bad batch of synthetic drugs circulating in the northern Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota. …
21 Jun 12
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