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Short-term closures scheduled for Stillwater Lift Bridge
The Stillwater Lift Bridge will be temporarily closed overnight between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, Wednesday, Sept. 8, and Thursday, Sept. 9.September 02, 2010
Transit study gets green light 
Eastern Twin Cities and western Wisconsin officials want an upcoming study to serve as a road map for future transit improvements along Interstate 94.
By By Scott Wente and Amber Kispert , August 19, 2010
Men escape after truck, trailer slide into Mississippi River at boat launch in Hastings
For good friends Randy Johnson and Jim Hunt, Monday morning was supposed to be spent floating on the St. Croix River and catching walleyes.
Instead, the two Farmington men escaped tragedy, then spent the new few hours watching from shore as crews fished their truck and trailer out of the water.
By Chad Richardson , August 09, 2010
Richfield man drowns in St. Croix River
One hour after a man disappeared beneath the surface of the St. Croix River Monday evening, he was pulled from the water and rushed to an ambulance where rescuers attempted to resuscitate him.August 03, 2010
Fund-raising walk to Miami reaches its destination
By Nathan Hansen , July 16, 2010
Partying on the peninsula
The leeward side of the Detroit Lake sandbar was sweltering by mid-afternoon Saturday. Eric Doll of Perham decided to take a dip among the several hundred anchored boats, on what the locals call Cox’s Point.
By Brian Basham , July 08, 2010
Clinic begins social, emotional screening
WILLMAR, Minn. — Even the littlest patients need attention to their emotional health.
By Anne Polta , July 08, 2010
Twins go to work for PETA
If you had told Duluth East High School graduates and identical twins Elisa and Emily Allen 10 years ago that they would both work for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, they probably wouldn’t have believed you
By Lisa Baumann , July 08, 2010
Dramatic Lake of the Woods rescue saves man trapped in the cabin of capsized boat
For awhile Monday afternoon, Lake of the Woods County Sheriff Dallas Block thought authorities were going to be dragging the bottom of Lake of the Woods for a body.
July 02, 2010
Jurors hear opening arguments in trial of Minnesota hockey coach accused of having sex with players
A Washington County jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Eric P. Darwitz, the ex-Cottage Grove, Minn., girls’ hockey coach accused of using his position of authority to have sex with a pair of former players when they were 16 years-old.
June 30, 2010
Recent floor collapse marks end for Crookston landmark
The historic Wayne/Palace Hotel in Crookston likely will be demolished by the end of the year.
June 25, 2010
Shakopee, Minn., man and sons rescued from rocks in middle of river at state park
A Shakopee man and his two sons, 11 and 8, were rescued from rocks where they were stranded in the St. Louis River in Jay Cooke State Park this afternoon.
By Sam Cook , June 23, 2010
Officials up the number of buildings damaged in Wadena
WADENA, Minn. – As clean-up from the tornado that ripped through fere entered its fifth day, local officials have warned those working here to do so at a moderate pace.
June 22, 2010
They only come out at night
CARVER COUNTY, Minn. — The pouring rain that ushered in this Friday morning in early June didn’t bode well for spending a night camping and fishing along the Minnesota River.
By Brad Dokken , June 22, 2010
'When all hell broke loose"; Wadena assesses damage
“It was a twister and it’s bad, really bad,” Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden said in a briefing room at the City Offices Thursday night.
June 18, 2010
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