Disasters

Edina girl injured in pool accident could go home this week
The parents of the 6-year-old Edina girl injured in a pool accident say their daughter could be released for Minneapolis Children's Hospital by the end of this week. Abigail Taylor was injured June 29 when she sat over an open drain in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club.
A miner's story
Richard Eklund and his wife Jeanette talk about the disease they've been dealing with since he retired from the LTV mine. He worked with asbestos, and now it's eating away at his lungs.
William R. Cammack Jr., 56, of St. Paul, Minn., was flying from Montana to his home on March 17, 2006, when air traffic controllers in Minneapolis lost radio contact with his twin-engine Beech Baron 56TC.
Wildfire academy trains firefighters
Nearly 500 people participated this week in the Minnesota Wildfire Academy at Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids. The program is in its seventh year offering basic and advanced training for folks who battle forest fires.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in northern Minnesota on Tuesday, touring fire-damaged areas in and around the Gunflint Trail. The senator flew over burned resorts and homes to get a look at the amount of destruction the Ham Lake Fire caused earlier this month.