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Pawlenty signed the bill in his office with dozens of victims on
hand, some of them with tears in their eyes.
(05/08/2008)
A leader of Minnesota's ethnic Karen community said he hopes relief will come to victims of Saturday's tropical cyclone in his native Myanmar, where the death toll has soared above 22,000.
(05/06/2008)
Browns Valley has reached a deal with a local farm family to buy land along the Little Minnesota River. The 110 acres are needed for a project to control flooding.
(05/06/2008)
Members of Minnesota's ethnic Karen community are worried about the deadly cyclone that has ravaged their native Myanmar, killing more than an estimated 22,464 people.
(05/06/2008)
The Minnesota Legislature approved a $38
million compensation package for the victims today and sent it to a supportive Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
(05/05/2008)
Work on the new Interstate 35W bridge is
progressing so well that construction managers said Saturday they
expect to open it by mid-September instead of late December as
originally scheduled.
(05/03/2008)
Some victims of the 35W bridge collapse have already stepped forward to praise an agreement on state aid and say they plan to accept a state settlement.
(05/02/2008)
2nd Lt. Nathan Lund received the Soldier's Medal during a ceremony Thursday at the University of Minnesota.
(05/01/2008)
Searchers have recovered a body believed to be that of a 19-year-old Minnesota student missing since Sunday from his upstate New York college.
(04/30/2008)
Forecasters are keeping an eye on rising river levels, especially the Mississippi River in Aitkin.
(04/23/2008)
The upper Midwest has the worst drunken
driving rates in the country, according to a government report, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The worst five are Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
(04/23/2008)
The NTSB's handling of the 35W bridge collapse investigation will be a large part of a congressional hearing today. Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer speaks with MPR reporter Sea Stachura in Washington about the hearing.
(04/23/2008)
Attorneys have mapped out their defense of a woman accused of crashing into a school bus and killing four children in southwestern Minnesota.
(04/22/2008)
A new report gives Minneapolis generally high
marks for its response to the I-35W bridge collapse, but
finds room for improvement as well.
(04/22/2008)
The three construction workers were on their way to the terminal when they were struck.
(04/22/2008)
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