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    March 28, 2018
    David Reece carries a manikin through the water during a water lesson March 15, 2018, in Wadena, Minn. Reece is on his way to earning his lifeguard certificate. Michael Johnson / Forum News Service
    For most autistic youth, water can be extremely dangerous. A Minn. swim class is looking to change that.
    WADENA, Minn. — Not unlike most children, David has an irresistible draw to water. Growing up with a family that loves to spend summers...
    lifestyle/familyMarch 28, 2018 - 2:18pm
    March 19, 2018
    Five-year-old drowns at falls in Sioux Falls
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A 5-year-old girl visiting the falls in a park near downtown Sioux Falls drowned in the river there, authorities said Monday....
    news/accidentsMarch 19, 2018 - 5:18pm
    December 18, 2017
    Officials identify Minn. woman who died after ATV goes through ice on Grace Lake
    BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Authorities on Monday identified the woman who drowned after an ATV she was riding on went through the ice late Friday night,...
    news/accidentsDecember 18, 2017 - 3:05pm
    August 31, 2017
    Few answers for Grand Forks man's death in Otter Tail County lake
    GRAND FORKS — An autopsy is pending for a Grand Forks man who drowned last weekend in a popular Minnesota lake, but a deputy with the local...
    newsAugust 31, 2017 - 9:04pm
    August 14, 2017
    Minnesota man dies trying to rescue dog from mining pit
    BUHL, Minn. -- A northeast Minnesota man died over the weekend after he attempted to rescue a dog in a mine pit, authorities said. An eyewitness reported seeing Gary Paternoster, 56, go into the Buhl Pit just after 6 p.m. Saturday to retrieve his dog, which was apparently caught on...
    newsAugust 14, 2017 - 5:56pm
    July 25, 2017
    Fanuel Shewarega Asrat shown in a Facebook profile picture from May 2014.
    Body of MSUM swimming instructor heading home to Ethiopia
    MOORHEAD —— The body of the 24-year-old Minnesota State University Moorhead swimming instructor who died in the Red River earlier...
    newsJuly 25, 2017 - 12:06pm
    July 21, 2017
    Stock Image / Flickr
    'Bro, you scared to see a dead person?': Teens filmed, mocked man as he drowned, police say
    About seven seconds into the video, a teenager raises the specter of death. "Get out the water, you're gonna die," one of the teens shouts to...
    newsJuly 21, 2017 - 6:53am
    June 16, 2017
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    Minnesota man drowns after canoe capsizes in Lake Elmo fishing accident
    A man in his 20s drowned in a lake in Lake Elmo on Thursday, the Washington County sheriff’s office reported. The man, whose name has not been...
    newsJune 16, 2017 - 2:07pm
    June 7, 2017
    Emergency response employees with Washington County, St. Croix County and the city of Hudson worked to resuscitate a teenager June 6, 2017, who was later pronounced dead from an apparent drowning. Maureen McMullen / Forum News Service
    Man who drowned in St. Croix River was brother of suspect in triple homicide
    HUDSON, Wis. — A 19-year-old man who drowned in the St. Croix River in Hudson on Tuesday, June 6, had been arrested in April following...
    newsJune 7, 2017 - 8:13am
    June 6, 2017
    Emergency response employees with Washington County, St. Croix County and the city of Hudson worked to resuscitate a teenager who was later pronounced dead from an apparent drowning. Maureen McMullen / RiverTown Multimedia
    Minn. teen dies, another rescued after apparent drowning in St. Croix River
    Hudson, Wis. -- One teen died and another was rescued after the Twin Cities residents went underwater Tuesday on the St. Croix River in Hudson,...
    newsJune 6, 2017 - 8:05pm
    May 1, 2017
    A memorial to JaLysa Anne Cook sits next to flowing water where the Central Lakes Trail crosses the channel between lakes Cowdrey and Darling. (Lowell Anderson | Echo Press)
    12-year-old Minn. girl who apparently drowned was longboarding along trail near lake
    A 12-year-old Alexandria girl who died in an apparent drowning was longboarding along the Central Lakes Trail. JaLysa Anne Cook was found in...
    newsMay 1, 2017 - 8:45pm
    April 29, 2017
    The swampy area that was searched was next to the channel between lakes Darling and Cowdry along the Central Lakes Trail.(Lowell Anderson | Echo Press)
    Girl identified who died in apparent drowning in central Minnesota
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- A 12-year-old girl died Friday in an apparent drowning in a swampy area between two lakes near here. JaLysa Anne Cook of...
    news/accidentsApril 29, 2017 - 5:21pm
    January 7, 2017
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo Following word of her death, flowers and memorial items were left in front of Alayna Ertl's family home in Watkins.
    2016 Year in Review: Tragedies involving children top regional news stories
    2016 brought its fair share of highs and lows in west central Minnesota. There were many impactful events that touched the entire region. But,...
    newsJanuary 7, 2017 - 6:07am
    August 22, 2016
    Man dies after boat overturns in Stearns County
    MELROSE TOWNSHIP—The body of Dale Urban Steinemann, 47, of Meire Grove, was recovered Monday from Lake Sylvia in Melrose Township in Stearns...
    newsAugust 22, 2016 - 11:38am
    July 19, 2016
    Mountain goat drowns trying to escape photo-taking crowd
    SEWARD, Alaska -- A mountain goat drowned after photo-taking onlookers crowded the wild animal at a boat harbor in Seward and it leaped from rocks into the ocean, an official said on Tuesday.The mountain goat's appearance on the rocks of a breakwater at Seward harbor, less than 130...
    news/nationJuly 19, 2016 - 5:14pm
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