Washington interstate bridge collapse caused by truck with oversize load

A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

• Bridge collapse
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Families mourn fourth-graders killed in St. Paul landslide

On Thursday morning, the family of 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana learned the boy who penned the heartwarming Mother’s Day letter on the refrigerator door was dead, the second victim of Wednesday’s mudslide on a Mississippi River bluff in St. Paul.

• Site of landslide
• Memorial
• Victim's family
• Section of St. Paul park closed after deadly landslide

Duluth police officer's assault trial moved to Pine County

The trial of a Duluth police officer accused of assaulting a man in a wheelchair after taking him to the Duluth Detoxification Center has been moved to Pine City because of potentially prejudicial pretrial news coverage here.

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Minnesota lawmakers raise taconite tax to help pay for Iron Range school construction

Minnesota’s per-ton tax on taconite iron ore produced in the state will increase a dime this year, and the extra money will be dedicated to help rebuild and retool Iron Range schools.

• Projects funded through taconite tax revenue

UMD's Bscherer goes from potential sales rep to NFL's Seattle Seahawks

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Jake Bscherer didn’t give up on his dream of playing in the NFL, but the former Minnesota Duluth offensive lineman certainly started looking at moving on earlier this week.

• Jake Bscherer

Duluth Human Development Center mansion to become birthing center

The mansion at 1730 E. Superior St. in Duluth used by the Human Development Center will be sold next month and become the first non-hospital birthing center in northern Minnesota.

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Nancy and Mel Kouda, of McGregor, place flowers and visit the grave of Nancy's sister at Oneota Cemetery on Thursday afternoon. Nancy Kouda grew up in Duluth. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)  

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