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Father Charged In Baby’s Drowning Death In Lake Minnetonka

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced charges Thursday for the father of a baby girl who died after the family’s SUV plunged through the ice on Lake Minnetonka last month.

2013/02/07

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1 Dies In Clay County After Car Goes In Water

One person is dead in northwestern Minnesota after a vehicle went off the roadway and into open water.

2012/11/23

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Forest Lake Couple Drowns In BWCA Canoe Accident

A couple from Forest Lake died on Sunday after the canoe they were in capsized in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

2012/10/09

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2 Drown After Boat Capsizes In Cass County

A 43-year-old Minneapolis man and a 53-year-old Princeton man died over the weekend in apparent drownings on a northern Minnesota lake, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

2012/09/10

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Ramsey Woman Dies In Polk County (Wis.) Drowning

A 21-year-old woman from Ramsey died on Aug. 5 after a medical problem caused her to go into the water of a western Wisconsin lake, authorities said Monday.

2012/08/13

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68-Year-Old Man Drowns In Sand Lake, Near Warba

A 68-year-old man is dead after an apparent drowning on Sand Lake.

2012/07/31

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11-Year-Old Drowning Victim ID’d

Authorities have identified the 11-year-old boy who drowned Wednesday in Corcoran.

2012/07/26

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Wis. Man Drowns Near Virgin Timbers Resort In Moose Lake

A 68-year-old man drowned Sunday after attempting to swim to shore on Moose Lake.

2012/07/23

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DNR Pushes Life Jacket Safety After Increased Drownings

Less than a month into summer and there have been several drownings on Minnesota waterways. The latest numbers from the Department of Natural Resources show 25 drownings since May, six of which happened on boats. In every boating case, the victim wasn’t wearing a life jacket.

2012/07/15

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Owatonna Drowning Victim Identified

A man who died after drowning in Lake Kohlmier has been identified, according to the Steele County Sheriff’s Office.

2012/07/13

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Woman Drowns In Western Wis.

Authorities are investigating after a 35-year-old woman drowned in western Wisconsin Wednesday evening. The drowning happened at about 6:50 p.m. just north of Buffalo City, a city which sits alongside the Mississippi River.

2012/07/12

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Man Drowned In Clearwater County Lake

Police pulled the body of a man in his early 20s from Lake Lomond Sunday afternoon in Clearwater County in northwestern Minnesota.

2012/07/10

July 7 Drowning

Child Drowns In Wirth Lake

A six-year-old boy drowned Saturday evening in Wirth Lake at Theodore Wirth Park in Golden Valley, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

2012/07/07

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Heart Attack Kills Man On Lake Independence

A man was pulled from Lake Independence in Baker Park Saturday afternoon.

2012/07/07

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Worries About Drowning Come With Heat

As a big chunk of the U.S. deals with hot weather, people are heading into pools and lakes to cool off. That has public health officials worried about a heightened risk of drowning.

2012/07/06

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