A mother and son were killed in an accidental house explosion. The blast was caused by a propane leak. Another person was critically injured in the explosion. The incident occurred in Granville, Vermont. Further details about the explosion are available from the source, including the circumstances surrounding the propane leak and the condition of the critically injured person.
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The council decided not to vote and instead to withdraw a proposal to expand the Police Department’s drone program. Police were applying for a $200K federal grant....
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The post St. Paul Police Department Drone Flights Map first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
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One man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in south Minneapolis sent cars into a building Wednesday morning.
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Thousands of Republicans from around the country are converging on Dallas, Texas, for the first-ever National Republican Midterm Convention. Among them are a delegation of mostly rank-and-file Minnesota Republicans representing their party. “Republican strategists are worried abo...
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A Minnesota pest control company may have left its customers in the dark about rabies exposures, and state officials are urging anyone who used its services to reach out to the health department to assess any possible risk....
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Despite decades of effort, Minnesota has made little progress in closing the educational gap across geography, income, race and ethnicity. In many communities, the biggest need is making sure kids are actually present in class, both mentally and physically, on a regular basis. Th...
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The Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) says PTSD leave is driving up overtime costs and forcing city leaders to rethink the agency’s budget. Public safety leaders told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they have a plan to bring that spending closer to reality as Minneapolis debates its 2027 budge...
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Minneapolis police learned of shooting threats made by a gunman hours before he killed two people and shot five others, including two officers, at an apartment building in Loring Park a week ago. New reporting from 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS confirms an officer filed a report about the th...
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Considering how the Minnesota Vikings celebrated Harrison Smith, his finish to last season felt like a farewell . Smith’s performance down the stretch and the fun he had along the way kept him from closing the door on his decorated career , though, and he was back at practice on ...
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As a critical week begins for Quinn Hughes’ future, the Wild star made clear he won’t be rushed into a new contract: ‘I don’t feel backed up against a wall.’...
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A couple who pleaded guilty for their roles in the massive $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme have been sentenced. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that Mekfira Hussein, 42, was sentenced to nearly five years (57 months) on one count of conspiracy t...
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One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. At around 9:45 a.m., Minneapolis police officers responded to East Lake Street and Fourth Avenue South for a crash involving multiple vehicles and a building. Police say that one car hit ano...
