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• Hennepin Co. bans cars, trucks from lake ice
  The Hennepin County Sheriff says lake ice is too thin to support cars, SUVs and trucks.February 9, 2012
• 13 motorists killed in January weren't buckled up
  State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske says the fatalities show that by not buckling up, motorists are giving up their best defense.February 8, 2012
• ND man survives nail gun shooting in head
  Jeff Luptak says was sure he was going to die when he hit the trigger of his nail gun, propelling a three-inch nail into his skull.February 6, 2012
• Minnesota storm chaser Andy Gabrielson killed in crash
  Gabrielson had been chasing storms in Texas and was headed home on Saturday. He was from Minnesota.February 6, 2012
• Heil family schedules memorial after Italian shipwreck
  The family of a White Bear Lake couple who remain missing in a Mediterranean cruise ship accident has scheduled a memorial service for later this month.February 6, 2012
• Tribute to a storm chaser
  Andy Gabrielson of Luverne, Minn., was killed by a wrong-way driver in Oklahoma. Gabrielson, a "storm chaser," was on his way home from a chase in Texas yesterday when he died near Tulsa.February 5, 2012
• Freight train derails in Red Wing
  Nineteen cars left the track when a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in Red Wing in southeastern Minnesota.February 5, 2012
• Two vehicles crashed through Lake Minnetonka ice this week
  The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is reiterating calls for caution on lakes this winter after another car broke through the ice Saturday.February 5, 2012
• Stearns County deputy injured after semi hit squad
  A semi lost control in Stearns County and hit a sheriff's squad, injuring a deputy.February 3, 2012
• N. Minneapolis strides toward repair, recovery after tornado
  North Minneapolis homeowners have made great progress toward recovery from last spring's tornado.February 2, 2012
• Heil family thanks rescue workers as efforts are called off
  The family of two White Bear Lake residents who are among the missing in a cruise ship accident off the coast of Italy thanked rescue workers for their efforts after the Italian government called off search efforts Tuesday.January 31, 2012
• Freeport mill fire cause unknown, fire marshal says
  State fire officials say they can't determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a historic mill in central Minnesota late last year.January 31, 2012
• No injuries as UW-La Crosse residence hall burns
  On Sunday afternoon, officials were escorting students to their rooms so they could pick up personal belongings they would need for the next 24 to 36 hours.January 30, 2012
• Zimmerman man dies in cabin fire
  The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office and the state Fire Marshal's Office are investigating. The man's name is not being released until his family can be notified.January 30, 2012
• 3 rescued after car falls into Wis. lake
  Three people, including a 10-year-old child, were rescued from the roof of their car after the driver went into open water on Shawano Lake.January 29, 2012

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