State officials are trying to weigh the environmental impact of a petroleum spill after a train and semitrailer truck collided over the weekend east of Grand Forks. The spill did not contaminate any water source, Forum Communications reports.
Wisconsin officer, 26, dies from COVID day after his child is born
He died the day after his second child was born.
MN is the 3rd best state to move to in the US
That's according to an analysis from a luggage delivery service.
Man pleads guilty in connection with boy's accidental shooting death
A child found the man's gun and it went off, striking and killing the boy.
95 Minnesota schools have 5+ COVID cases, 2 more school staffers die
There have been 10 school employees who have died from COVID during the pandemic.
Trees are nearing their fall color peak in some areas of Minnesota
Some areas are at 75-100% peak color.
1 killed in daytime shooting near St. Paul gas station
Police don't know a motive and are looking for the suspected shooter.
MPS changes course, will provide meals to Edison students for distance learning
The district had initially said meals would not be offered during the remote learning period.
Highest county case rates in Minnesota remain in rural areas
Just one of the seven metro counties have a case rate above 30.
Charges: Teen tried to pull 2 guns on St. Paul officers during arrest
Police are asking for help in reducing the number of illegal guns on city streets.
Coller: Where does Russ rank among cursed Vikings things?
Matthew Coller's work can be found daily at Purple Insider.
Missing: 13-year-old girl last seen in Willmar on September 11
Police say she ran away from a girls group home.
Ban for those who don't wear masks at Rochester School Board meetings
The board will have people trespassed, which comes with a one year ban from all school property.
Worker in northern Minn. seriously injured after auger accident
A worker at the Hedblad Saw Mill in Kelliher suffered serious injuries after he was caught in an auger Tuesday afternoon. The man was freed from the machine before emergency crews arrived, but authorities say he still had "serious injuries to his extremities and torso." Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp told the Grand Forks Herald the worker was airlifted to Minneapolis.
Minn. companies targeted in frac-sand spills
Wisconsin regulators are seeking civil penalties against Minnesota-based mine operators for two large sand spills, a first taste of the kind of environmental risks that accompany the gold rush of frac-sand mining underway in both states.
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