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Authorities say a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer died after being thrown from a boat while responding to a call about a possible body in a lake near Pine City.

Metro Transit Police say a man has died after falling from a light rail platform in Minneapolis.

A Silver Lake man died in a single-vehicle crash in Wright County on Saturday morning.

Three people were taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Elk River last week. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. at Highway 10 and Joplin Street NW on April 12th.

Another popular annual event moved downtown this year. Centracare Health held their 20th annual Earth Day Run on Friday and Saturday.

Electricity has been restored for nearly all of the thousands of Minnesota residents who lost power after a late winter storm that pummeled power lines with ice, snow and 50-mph winds.

The St. John’s University baseball team cleaned house and extended their win streak to five games against St. Olaf in a Friday doubleheader on the road.

The St. Cloud State University softball team extended their win streak to twelve and then snapped it on the road against Upper Iowa on Friday.

For just the second time in program history, the no. 5 St. Cloud State University baseball team lost to the University of Minnesota Crookston in a road game on Friday. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak.

Ove 2,000 people signed-up to run the Earth Day 5K -- 3.1 mile -- course in St. Cloud. It started on Veterans Bridge traveled down to the Munsinger Clemens Gardens and then came back and ended on 5th Avenue.

The Baltimore Orioles' game against the Minnesota Twins was rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Saturday starting at 4:05 p.m. EDT.

The family of a 5-year-old boy thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America last week says he's "showing real signs of recovery" but remains in intensive care.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say a virus appears to be the cause of a polio-like illness that caused paralyzing symptoms in some Minnesota children last fall, including one girl who remains hospitalized after losing all motor func…

A teenager from Foley who had been missing since last Saturday has been found.

One person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Morrison County. The Sheriff's Office says it happened at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Hawthorn Road and 235th Avenue about four miles northwest of Pierz.

WJON's Question of the Week is asking listeners to name a song with "Good" or "Friday" in the title. Can you name one? Let me know between 9:10-10 this morning by calling 320-252-5852, email jay@wjon.com

Baseball
Sauk Rapids-Rice 9, Rocori 8
Alexandria 2, Sartell-St. Stephen 1
Apollo 7, Willmar 6
Royalton 9, Holdingford 8
Softball
Tech 7, Moorhead 6
Moorhead 10, Tech 7

The Twins lost 7-4 at home against the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday afternoon. Michael Pineda had his worst start of the year allowing 7 hits and 6 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 2-1.

A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing another teenage girl in the neck during a fight at a St. Paul gas station last June.

A Princeton man was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Mille Lacs County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 5:15 p.m. Thursday on Highway 169 just north of Milaca.

You will soon be able to enjoy some outdoor concerts by the lake in Sartell.