I-94 Eastbound Now Open To Single Lane After Truck Fire Near Albertville
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has opened Interstate 94 going eastbound after a semi-truck caught fire and shut the highway down Monday afternoon.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has opened Interstate 94 going eastbound after a semi-truck caught fire and shut the highway down Monday afternoon.
The police report indicates that alcohol was involved in the crash.
Katie Burkey, 22, was killed in a crash on Highway 169 last September when her car was rear-ended by a semi-truck driven by a 60-year-old man from North Branch.
Authorities say two lanes of northbound Interstate 35W are closed Tuesday afternoon after a semi-truck got stuck on a freeway wall.
A 70-year-old driver was killed after they pulled out in front of a semi truck in Stearns County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The crash happened Thursday afternoon along County Road 67 at about 5:30 p.m.
Authorities say a 56-year-old semi-truck driver was injured at an Adams County railroad crossing when his cab was struck by a train. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says David Pastoors of Olivia, Minnesota, was driving the semi-truck north on a gravel township road just before 4 p.m. Tuesday.
A stalled semi-truck on Interstate 494 caused a traffic nightmare for dozens of commuters in the west metro Friday evening. The snarl happened at about 6:45 p.m. on southbound I-494 at Highway 55 in Plymouth, and stretched all the way up through Maple Grove to the I-94/I-494 split.
The family of two brothers who died in a crash near Fergus Falls is now offering a reward for information in the case.
One person is dead after colliding with a semi-truck, head-on in Yellow Medicine County Friday morning.
There was not a dry eye inside Park Christian School in Moorhead Tuesday night. Hundreds packed the gym to remember two young lives that were cut short.
Two teenage girls were injured when a semi-truck collided with a car on Thursday afternoon in Pierce County. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, around 4:22 p.m. officers responded to a call of a semi-truck and car crash on U.S. Highway 10 near the intersection of County Road U.
Interstate 35W in Roseville has reopened Thursday morning. The State Patrol closed both the northbound and southbound lanes between Highway 36 and County Road C.
One person is dead after a head-on crash in Wabasha County Wednesday afternoon. According to the police report, around 4 p.m. a driver of a Ford F150 was traveling southbound on Highway 61 when it collided with a semi-truck traveling northbound.
A semi truck accident in Pipestone County left one person dead early Friday morning. According to the accident report, around 6:20 a.m. a semi-truck and Audi A6 collided on Highway 30 near 180th Avenue.
Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash Friday night in Goodhue County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the accident happened around 8:30 p.m. just north of Zumbrota on Highway 52.
Authorities have identified the 44-year-old driver who died in a multivehicle crash caused by icy road conditions on Interstate 94 in central Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol says Holly Hoglund Klein of Maple Grove was killed after a semitrailer struck several vehicles, which then struck other cars.
An overturned semi-truck closed on westbound Interstate 94 closed the road at I-35W Tuesday evening.
A semi-truck carrying "an explosive agent" crashed into a car in Cass County on Tuesday. The driver of the car, Pearl Bisson, 86, of Cass Lake, Minnesota, was seriously injured.
A 47-year-old man has died after being struck on Interstate 35W Monday morning. Robert Passow, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Monday after being hit while standing outside of his semi-truck. According to the accident report, around 6:05 a.m. a minor crash occurred between a semi-truck and a car on I-35W north near Park Avenue.
One person was injured after a semi-truck rolled over in Beltrami County Thursday evening. According to the accident report, around 8 p.m. a semi-truck carrying logs was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 2 just west of Bemidji when it swerved to avoid a vehicle that pulled out in front of it.
One man is dead and one woman is seriously injured after a Ford F150 truck collided head-on with a semi on a Rice County road Friday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says the fatal crash happened at about 2:40 p.m. on Highway 19 and Decker Avenue in Northfield.
An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Stout was killed Wednesday evening in a crash involving a deer and a semi truck on Interstate 94. Kay Schnur, 56, was killed near Osseo, Wisconsin just before 7 p.m., according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Schnur, from Merrillan, was traveling eastbound on I-94 when her vehicle struck a deer and stopped in the right lane of traffic.
A Stearns County man was injured after he rear-ended a UPS semi-truck with his car.
Northbound Interstate 35W has been closed after a semi-truck rolled onto its side Saturday morning. According to state patrol, the semi-truck rolled onto its side shortly after 9 a.m. on northbound I-35W near Portland Avenue.
A 71-year-old man died after being struck by a semi-truck Saturday afternoon in Goodhue County.
A Twin Cities-based used car company accused of deceptive sales and targeting Spanish speakers agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement and reform their business practices after they were sued by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.
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Police in Maple Grove, Minnesota, are looking for a suspect after a woman says she was assaulted at the Elm Creek Park Reserve on Sunday morning.
Tourism leaders say an earlier school start could impact Minnesota's already fragile hospitality industry.
Five of St. Louis County's 10 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras were stolen this summer, a factor Sheriff Gordon Ramsay cited in the decision to end the contract.
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A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
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President Trump said Friday that the U.S. will waive higher tariffs on ground beef imports, which he says will reduce beef prices by 25%. Some cattle ranchers, including those in Minnesota and Wisconsin, worry the plan will hurt them financially.
An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella is linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say. WCCO speaks with a food safety expert about the risks associated with alfalfa sprouts.
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Twin Metals says a copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters would bring hundreds of union jobs and 1,400 additional positions. Still, opponents say the environmental risks to the watershed are not worth the trade-offs.
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