Regulators say about $1.2 billion is missing from customers' accounts following the collapse of MF Global. Minnesota farmers, ranchers, feed mills and grain elevators are among those customers. Now they're waiting to find out just how much they might be missing.

MF Global is being investigated over what federal regulators say is an estimated $1.2 billion that may be missing from customer accounts.

A thunderstorm collapsed a silo and barn near Colby Thursday, and a farmer working inside was able to slip out with his life, the Marshfield News Herald reports. About 20 dairy cows were trapped in the rubble. The National Weather Service says 70- to 80-mph winds likely did in the structure.

Reuters reports the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has set up a $100 million fund to help farmers and ranchers who lost money after the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global. Many farmers and agricultural businesses in Minnesota saw their accounts frozen after the firm suddenly went belly-up.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and 16 other senators have mailed a letter to the U.S. attorney general urging an investigation into and possibly the criminal prosecution of MF Global executives, who may have made illegal transactions using customer funds. Many of Minnesota's farmers and agricultural businesses have been missing money since the commodities trader collapsed.

U researchers say they've found that if schools adopt recipes that use whole grains in foods like pizzas, pastas and bread -- the change increases a students intake by more than 25 percent.

An estimated six to eight people were hurt in a 12-foot deck collapse at a home in Forest Lake Saturday night, authorities with the Washington County Sheriff's Office say. The deck was reportedly loaded with more than two-dozen people who gathered for a photo when it collapsed. The extent of their injuries remains unclear.