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Construction Worker Killed by Toppled Backhoe in Fort Snelling State Park
The construction worker was putting down planking to drive across the muddy ground.

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The construction worker was putting down planking to drive across the muddy ground.

A roundup of domestic, narcotics-related and other violations committed in Roseville in the last week.
A roundup of burglaries and other property crimes committed in Roseville during the last week.
The city will decide whether to proceed with the bonfire by Oct. 25.
Beth Jacob Congregation's seven rabbis will hold their personal food budgets to $31.50 for a week in November as part of a food poverty awareness campaign.
A look at the homes you can buy for $200,000 in Mendota Heights and Mendota.
Roseville Police are offering practical tips to residents how to use airsoft guns around law enforcement.
Product has been off the shelves since January recall.
What's Mendota Heights selling on the web between Oct. 10 and Oct. 16?
The brewery will sell bottles and growlers starting at noon.
Only one debate will remain after President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney face off Tuesday.
Northbound Highway 169 will be reduced to a single lane between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
What's Shakopee selling on the web between Oct. 8 and Oct. 15?
In Minnesota, eligible voters must be registered at their current residence by Tuesday, Oct. 16, in order for their names to appear on the polling place roster.
David Pereira of Shakopee ran the 10K race in under an hour.
The pizza buffet restaurant has been open since late July.
The MN Department of Health hasn't said where the five infected patients live, but the clinics where more than 800 people in MN got tainted steroid shots are in Fridley, Edina, Maple Grove and Shakopee.
In September median sales prices dropped in Shakopee for the first time since December 2011.
The city's fire department recommends that residents install systems in their homes.
People hoping for a spot on the the Fox reality show came to Le Cordon Bleu's Mendota Heights location on Saturday.