Greater Minnesota

May 2, 2014 6:29 AM

Waseca: Lucky breaks, God’s intervention, or the degradation of our culture?

It fairly boggles the mind the extent to which one person in one spot and one moment was the difference between that safety and an unspeakable mass murder. Or does it?

by Bob Collins

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May 1, 2014 10:25 AM

Guilty plea in infant asphyxiation death

Nicole McKay, 26, has pleaded guilty to child endangerment in the death of her 2-month-old daughter, Emma Dennis, who died Nov. 25, 2013.

by The Associated Press

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April 29, 2014 1:30 PM

Duluth airplane maintenance firm plans for growth

An airplane maintenance operation that opened in Duluth in 2012 celebrated a milestone Tuesday as it announced a new five-year contract and plans to grow.

by Dan Kraker

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April 29, 2014 12:41 PM

Byron Smith found guilty in Little Falls murders, sentenced to life

Byron Smith has admitted shooting and wounding, then killing the intruders. His attorney had argued that Smith acted in self defense and out of fear for his life when he killed 17-year-old Nicholas Brady and 18-year-old Haile Kifer.

by Matt Sepic

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April 29, 2014 8:10 AM

Defense rests in Little Falls murder trial

Byron Smith is charged with first degree murder in the shooting deaths of two teenaged intruders on Thanksgiving Day of 2012.

by Matt Sepic

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April 28, 2014 12:36 PM

Winds rip trees, power lines across NE Minn.

The biggest outages came in Duluth and International Falls, Minnesota, where more than 1,000 customers temporarily lost power Monday.

by Dan Kraker

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April 25, 2014 1:25 PM

Heavy ice slows Lake Superior shipping season

Three heavy ice breakers are escorting ships in convoys of five across the lake, where stacks of wind-blown ice are still 8 feet thick in places.

by Dan Kraker

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April 23, 2014 12:39 PM

Sap, short season keep Minnesota's maple syrup makers running in the spring

The cold weather this spring is slowing syrup production. A mix of warm days and cold nights are needed to get the sap flowing.

by Dan Gunderson

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April 23, 2014 11:36 AM

Judge denies mistrial in fatal shooting of 2 Little Falls teens

Attorneys for 65-year-old Byron Smith had asked for a mistrial Wednesday after about an hour of cross-examining a forensic scientist from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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April 17, 2014 2:50 PM

Minn. pipeline firm wants to expand capacity

The company has asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve its plans to double the capacity of its Line 4 pipeline, built in 2008 to carry 165,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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