ALEXANDRIA, Minn. – An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at the 3M plant in Alexandria, Minnesota. Authorities say a female employee got trapped in some machinery Tuesday during an overnight shift. The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to determine how the worker became trapped. A statement from company officials at 3M’s headquarters in Maplewood said…
UPDATE – The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has identified a dead man found in a ditch as 72-year-old Patrick Fields of Wyndmere. Initial autopsy reports show his death was “probably not caused by the UTV crash.” It does show Fields had “numerous medical issues.” NEAR WYNDMERE, N.D. – The Richland County Sheriff’s Office was called to a dead man…
RAINY LAKE, MN. (AP) _ The Minnesota State Patrol says a woman trying to flag down help after her vehicle became disabled has been struck and killed on a northern Minnesota highway. The patrol says 18-year-old Kimburly Lynn Loycano, of International Falls, was walking southbound on Highway 71 in Rainy Lake with other occupants of the disabled vehicle when she…
