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Men rescued after falling through ice
EVELETH (AP) -- Crews have rescued two men who fell through the ice on a lake south of Eveleth on northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range.
First responders arrived Monday to find the men clinging onto the ice in a large area of open water. The men, both from the town of Iron, were taken by ambulance to a Virginia, Minnesota, medical center to be treated for hypothermia and exposure.
The St. Louis County sheriff's office says the men had been traveling on a snowmobile and pulling a portable ice house when they broke through the ice. Authorities believe the men were in the water for up to 45 minutes before they were able to signal for help and first responders could arrive.
Attorneys: Wall off Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Attorneys general from three states say a $275 million federal plan for keeping Asian carp from migrating into the Great Lakes is too pricey and rejects the most effective solution.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is recommending technologies such as electric barriers and water cannons at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois, which stands between the carp-infested Illinois River and Lake Michigan.
Attorneys general Bill Schuette of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania say a better way is replacing the lock gates with a concrete wall that would divide the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. That would cost only about $5.9 million.
They say the Corps plan favors the needs of shipping companies over those of the Great Lakes fishing industry.
Charges: Suspect fired fatal shot
WAITE PARK (AP) -- Prosecutors have charged a St. Cloud man jailed in North Dakota with murder in a fatal shooting at an apartment in central Minnesota.
Twenty-year-old Desmond Ormandy Barzey was charged Monday in Stearns County with unintentional second-degree murder as well as assault and being a felon in possession of a handgun.
According to the complaint, Barzey entered an apartment in Waite Park, pointed a handgun and ordered everyone to empty their pockets. One man threw a shirt at Barzey and began moving toward him when Barzey allegedly shot him in the chest.
The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. Barzey fled and was arrested after a police chase near Bismarck early Sunday. Police recovered a handgun from the vehicle.