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.

Amidst accusations of an incident between an Albert Lea bus driver and two student passengers, the Albert Lea Bus Co. has fired the unidentified driver. A spokesman for the company says that although they feel no crime was committed, their driver failed to use good judgment.

Gerret Parks had been arrested in Minnesota and Wisconsin in the last two weeks but was released on bail both times. Police think he's responsible for several cases of heavy objects being thrown at passing vehicles, injuring drivers and damaging cars.

The 51-year-old woman was taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries after a train struck her vehicle after she had stalled on the tracks