St. Louis County Board approves disaster declaration amidst flooding
The declaration enables the county to apply for federal and state money to help with the clean-up.
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The declaration enables the county to apply for federal and state money to help with the clean-up.
The Cottage Grove Public Safety Department says it responded to a report of a girl found in a pool on the 8600 block of Johansen Avenue South around 2:45 p.m.
More rain will fall across parts of Minnesota on Friday and Saturday, exacerbating flood conditions and putting several communities at risk.
A Nebraska man is accused of stabbing someone during a carjacking spree in the south metro over the weekend.
A 42-year-old from St. Paul has been charged with killing a man before starting a small fire inside the basement of a Minneapolis building over four years ago.
The board says that the levels were likely affected by recent rainfall washing bacteria from the landscape into the water.
Authorities say bystanders observed an occupied vehicle enter the water on the Lyndale Avenue Boat Launch before becoming fully submerged.
The Minneapolis Fire Department says crews responded to reports of a fire in the basement of a building at 5 East 38th Street South around 7:40 p.m.
Good Samaritans rushed to rescue a driver suspected of crashing his car while under the influence of a controlled substance in south Minneapolis over the weekend.
The dog went to the vet, where they determined its injuries were too severe and the dog had to be put down.
Authorities say a deer ran out of the woodline, struck and knocked the passenger off the motorcycle.
A 5-year-old boy has died from drowning days after being rescued from a pool at a Twin Cities apartment complex.
The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office says it responded to a possible drowning at Starlight Bay Resort on Eighth Crow Wing Lake in Nevis Township shortly before 6 p.m. on May 30.
A teen pleaded guilty on Wednesday to his role in the death of a Vietnam veteran who he had assaulted at a St. Paul park earlier this year.
Attorneys for the family of a man shot and killed by a Minnesota state trooper during a traffic stop last summer are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.