A horse that broke free from its pasture in Forest Lake needed to be rescued Wednesday after it fell through a neighbor's swimming pool cover into about three feet of water. Firefighters used an aerial ladder truck to lift the horse to safety.

In River Falls, Wis., there is a tremendous outpouring of support for Jessica Schaffhausen, who on Tuesday will mourn with others at a memorial service for her three daughters. The girls — 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie, and 5-year-old Cecilia — were killed a week ago today. Their father, 34-year old Aaron Schaffhausen, has been charged in the slayings.

The babysitter who had been with the three River Falls girls the day they were killed said in court that she had no suspicion that their father might harm them, KSTP reports. And the River Falls police employee who took the call that day from the girls' mother said she was hysterical and "her ex-husband had called her and said that she could come home now, that he had killed the children." A judge ordered that prosectors have sufficient evidence to try Aaron Schaffhausen in the case.

April Larson of Bloomington was just seven years old when she started playing pool. Now, at 12 years old, she's got a handful of competitions under her belt including a national title that's qualified her to go to an international competition in December.

A 6-year-old boy from St. Paul was pulled from a swimming pool Friday night at a Hopkins country club where he was celebrating at a birthday party, police say. Club employees performed CPR on the child, and an ambulance brought the boy to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. The Associated Press reports the death has been ruled an accident.

The teenagers were returning to New Richmond, Wis., from Woodbury and authorities say they were trying to get the attention of a girl in another car that had passed them. The driver was searching a center console in the vehicle, authorities said. A fourth teen in the car survived the crash.

Rescuers pulled a 21-year-old woman to safety in St. Paul after she fell about 30 feet down a Mississippi River bluff on Sunday night, the fire department said. They immobilized her on a stretcher and used ropes to haul her back up.

Tamara Woodard was talking with her husband and friends and misjudged the edge of the subway platform. Fortunately, there was no train in sight and bystanders who jumped to her aid pulled Woodard back onto the platform. She was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The accident was caught on a transit video camera.