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NDSU Women’s Basketball Falls in Super Sixteen to Gophers

North Dakota State Overcame a 16 point deficit but falls to Minnesota Friday Night

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State women’s basketball team erased a 16-point deficit before falling short in the final seconds at Minnesota, 69-65, in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on Friday night at Williams Arena in front of 2,367 fans. With the loss, the Bison finish the season with the most wins in the NDSU Division era with…

Driving along … and the roadway vanishes beneath you. What’s it like to survive a bridge collapse?

Survivors of past bridge failures in Minnesota and Texas tell The Associated Press that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore brings back harrowing memories of their own ordeals.

A gold pin in the shape of Minnesota – with the words “Interstate 35W ‘Bridge’ Remembering August 1, 2007” – is photographed on Linda Paul in St. Paul, Minn., on March 27, 2024. She survived the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007, and was reminded of it after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed…

Suspects plead not guilty in human smuggling case involving Indian family’s death on Canada border

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” entered his plea during a brief…

Smuggling suspect knew of frigid cold before Indian family’s death on Canada/Minnesota border, prosecutors say

A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canadian border had been warned of blizzard conditions before he arranged for four members of an Indian family to cross in 2022, prosecutors allege. The parents and two young children froze to death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canadian border had been warned of blizzard conditions before he arranged for four members of an Indian family to cross in 2022, prosecutors allege. The parents and two young children froze to death. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” is due…

Investigation underway into the death of a Rothsay child

ROTHSAY, Minn. (KVRR) – The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a seven-year-old child from Rothsay has died and an investigation is underway. On Wednesday, emergency crews from Rothsay Rescue responded to a call for an unresponsive child in the 100 Block of 2nd Ave. NW close to 3 p.m. The child was taken to the Lake Region Hospital…

Update: Vice-President Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice-President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what her office said was the first time a vice-president has toured a facility that performs abortions, as the White House escalates its defense of abortion in this year’s election. “Right now, in our country, we are facing a very serious health crisis,” Harris…