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Minnesota officials vote to tear down dam and bridge that nearly collapsed

Aug. 27, 2024 18:19 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn down, officials said Tuesday. The Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners voted to remove the...

Former students and colleagues recall high school teachers Tim and Gwen Walz as allies and advocates

Aug. 11, 2024 07:33 AM EDT

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at Mankato West High School in Minnesota, where Walz and her husband, Tim, were teachers. In her classroom, Gwen Walz had announced at the start of his...