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• Military notified of wayward flight too late to launch fighters
  A top commander says the U.S. military would have launched fighters to track down an errant Northwest Airlines flight if it had been notified quickly enough.October 29, 2009
• 600 traffic safety advocates convene in Duluth
  Minnesota public safety officials say the annual number of traffic deaths in the state has gone down 30 percent since 2003.October 29, 2009
• Northwest pilots prompt look at distracted flying
  The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.October 28, 2009
• Odor prompts evacuation at Mpls. airport building
  Authorities evacuated part of an office building at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport for about an hour Wednesday afternoon, after odors from construction work leaked into the air vents.October 28, 2009
• In Winona, a watched bridge outfitted for tests
  A picturesque Winona highway bridge that Minnesota transportation officials are deciding how to rehabilitate or replace gets some new gear this week.October 27, 2009
• Funeral Friday for Ramsey County deputy
  A car accidentally struck 56-year-old Mike Wilken Saturday night while he was volunteering on traffic detail at Fright Farm in Maplewood.October 27, 2009
• Ring dike program will protect more than just farms
  More than $4 million will pay for ring dikes around farmsteads in the Red River Valley, but flood protection is only a secondary goal for the federal program.October 27, 2009
• Volunteer sheriff's deputy remembered for service
  A reserve deputy with the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office who suffered fatal injuries while helping at a haunted house over the weekend is being remembered for his service to the community.October 26, 2009
• Red River Basin group holding meetings
  Meetings are scheduled this week in the Minnesota communities of Roseau and Oslo. Others are scheduled next month in Lakota, Devils Lake, Langdon, Pembina and in Morris, Manitoba.October 26, 2009
• Police say electrocuted worker may have been stealing copper
  St. Paul police say the 50-year-old Twin Cities man killed in an electrical accident this morning may have been trying to steal copper from an underground duct.October 23, 2009
• Minnesota train-pedestrian fatalities at 10-year high
  The state has recorded 11 train-pedestrian deaths this year, the highest number since 1999, after two more pedestrians were killed by trains this week.October 22, 2009
• Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans
  Many Fargo-Moorhead residents favor a diversion ditch to route part of the Red River around the two cities. The ditches could be from a quarter- to a half-mile wide and 15 to 20 miles long.October 22, 2009
• Police: Man hit by train may have had headphones on
  Investigators says a man may have been listening to music on his headphones before he was struck and killed by a train in Litchfield.October 21, 2009
• Public packs flood plan meeting in Fargo
  About 300 people turned out for a public meeting on flood-control plans for the Fargo-Moorhead area, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers to make two presentations at a downtown hotel Tuesday.October 21, 2009
• Train fatality in Winona ruled an accident
  Police in Winona said Tuesday that an incident a day earlier in which a 51-year-old man was hit and killed by a train appears to be an accidentOctober 20, 2009

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