About 70 random barrels will be recovered, sampled and properly disposed as part of a health investigation this summer. More than 1,400 barrels were dumped into the Great Lake during the Cold War.
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.
Report: Ice coverage on Lake Superior down 79 percent since 1973
According to an American Meteorological Society report, the amount of ice covering all the Great Lakes has dropped more than 70 percent over the past 40 winters. The Duluth News Tribune reports the study doesn't include the 2011-12 season. As of this winter, only about five percent of the Great Lakes froze. The lead researcher says a lack of ice coverage can reduce water levels, damage water quality and accelerate shoreline erosion.
Lake Superior water temps 20 degrees above normal for end of July
Some of the temperature readings coming in from buoys show the big lake is the warmest it's been in 30 years. In some places it's already 70 degrees and it's likely to keep warming up for another few weeks. Record-breaking summer heat is part of it, but the warm-up actually has its roots in our balmy winter.
Surfers enjoying the winter waves on Lake Superior
A group of brave surfers were spotted hitting the waves on Lake Superior Friday. WDIO in Duluth reports the air temperature was near single digits, but the Great Lake was in the mid-30s. One of the surfers says he's been catching the waves for the past 15 years.
Haul in annual Lake Superior beach cleanup swamps previous record
This summer's floods carried all manner of garbage and debris into Lake Superior. And more than 3,000 pounds of it was removed by volunteers during the annual Beach Sweep of September and October. That triples the previous record in the event organized by the Great Lakes Aquarium and the Ocean Conservancy.
Family takes teen pulled from Lake Superior off life support
Jeffrey Watson was underwater in Lake Superior for at least thirty minutes while swimming with friends in Duluth Monday. His father says the 13-year-old never regained consciousness and his organs were beginning to shut down when the family decided to take him off life support.
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