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WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- The mother of one of six teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio crash says the victims and two boys who survived the accident were close friends and lived in the same neighborhood. By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press

MILAN — A Granite Falls man was killed early this morning when an oversized load struck a railroad bridge north of Milan. George J. Piasecki, 61, was killed when the load came off a semi on Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 and landed on the car he was driving, according to the...

RENVILLE — A 37-year employee of the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative died of injuries he suffered in a workplace accident at 2:50 p.m. Thursday at the plant in Renville. Erv Knuston, 60, of Sacred Heart, was struck by a payloader while outside in the pellet loading area,...

MONTEVIDEO — Felony char-ges of criminal vehicular homicide or operation will go forward against a 70-year-old defendant in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred Dec. 16, 2011, in Chippewa County. District Judge Thomas Van Hon ruled this week that probable cause exists for...

DASSEL – A 10-year old girl from North Carolina died Thursday after a sledding accident at her grandparents’ home in rural Dassel. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s office, emergency crews were called to the Craig and Barbara Kay residence in Dassel Township around 3:33...

GLENWOOD — James David Poock, 35, of Moorhead, will serve a minimum of three months and possibly up to a year in jail as well as four years of probation as the driver in a fatal car-pedestrian accident on July 23, 2011, in Pope County. Poock was driving a 2004 Saturn that struck...