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Minnesota Public Safety leader reflects on working at ground zero at age 21
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (857+ words) Minnesotans gathered Wednesday to honor the innocent lives lost on 9/11 and the emergency personnel who ran toward danger. For Minnesota Department of Public Safety Assistant Commissioner John Cunningham, the memories of that day remain as vivid. “Twenty-five years goes by fast,…...
Northern Minnesota wildfires now fully contained; BWCAW forests already sprouting new growth
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (285+ words) More than two months after hot, dry winds whipped up flames sparked by lightning strikes, the wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota are now fully…...
GoFundMe campaigns created to help victims of Minneapolis apartment building shooting
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (379+ words) GoFundMe pages have been created to support victims and their family members after of a a mass shooting at a Minneapolis apartment complex last week. Investigators say three were killed in the shooting, including the shooter, and several people were…...
With Boundary Waters wildfires nearly contained, national firefighting team prepares to leave Minnesota
1+ week, 1+ day ago (278+ words) Two months after lightning sparked wildfires that grew to cover tens of thousands of acres in the Boundary Waters, the national team managing firefighting efforts is ending its work in Minnesota. On Monday, command of the firefighting effort will be…...
Tractor rollover kills man, seriously injures 2 children in southern Minnesota
1+ week, 2+ day ago (204+ words) WELLS, Minn. (FOX 9) - A farm tractor that rolled over in a ditch left one man dead, and two boys seriously hurt in southern Minnesota. Just before 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, a tractor carrying a 48-year-old man and two boys, ages 8 and 10, entered a…...
Outage at Minneapolis data center behind last week's telecommunications disruptions
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (43+ words) If the internet were a physical highway, “the 511 Building in downtown is the largest, most critical highway intersection in the upper Midwest.” A client there has confirmed the Aug. 6 telecommunications outage originated in the building, but its cause isn’t publicly…...
82 northeast Minnesota businesses sign letter to lawmakers requesting wildfire relief funds
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (23+ words) The letter comes after Gov. Walz said there would not be a special session held to address the economic impacts of the fire....
Bloomington Safety Week brings bike rides, community events and safe streets conversations August 22-28
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (179+ words) BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington’s Safety Week will run August 22-28 as part of the ongoing Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan, the City’s effort to improve transportation options and make Bloomington safer and more accessible for everyone who…...
‘Devastating Blow’: Special session unlikely, but BWCA outfitters still plead for fire relief
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (23+ words) Small businesses that cater to canoeists and visitors say they need wildfire aid even though Gov. Walz suggests a special session is unlikely....
Walz: No need to extend peacetime emergency for Boundary Waters wildfires
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (73+ words) Those fires, sparked by lightning, have burned tens of thousands of acres over the past month. But fire activity has been relatively calm in recent days, as hundreds of firefighters from across the country work to contain them. - Walz, other…...