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Annual services held in Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Crosslake, Pine River and Backus communities to honor those who died for American freedoms.
A Minnesota man died two days after his wife after both were involved in a crash on a snow- and ice-covered highway in central Minnesota.
It happened just after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 371 in Cass County – with snow and ice reportedly affecting road conditions – when the driver of a Chevy Silverado traveling north on Hwy. 371 crossed over the center line and collided with an oncoming Ford Escape.
Three people were killed when a driver "failed to stop" while crossing a northern Minnesota highway, T-boning another vehicle and sending both off the road.