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Driver of large SUV hits smaller one from behind twice in Baxter, then crashes into building and dies
The driver of a Range Rover hit a smaller SUV from behind twice near a well-traveled central Minnesota intersection, then crashed into a building and died, officials said Wednesday.
The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Baxter at Hwy. 371 and Excelsior Road, the State Patrol said.
Patrol Lt. Jill Frankfurth said the larger SUV’s driver, a 60-year-old man, was killed. The other driver, a 55-year-old woman, survived, the lieutenant said. The patrol said their identities will be released Thursday.
“The cause of the crash is under investigation, and no arrests have been made,” Frankfurth said.
According to the patrol:
The Range Rover “started to make contact” with the Buick Encore while both were heading east on Excelsior and nearing Hwy. 371.
After the light turned green, the Range Rover made contact again with the Buick, this time pushing it into a spinout. The Range Rover then veered to the right and struck Bill’s Gun Range to the southeast of the intersection, where there are numerous major retail outlets.
LAFAYETTE, Wis. — About 25 children and adults were injured Wednesday when a wagon carrying them overturned at a western Wisconsin apple orchard.
The children, parents and chaperones were on a field trip to the orchard in Lafayette when one of two wagons being pulled by a tractor turned sideways and rolled over, Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes told reporters. Hakes said the tractor was traveling at a low speed when the wagon rolled over while going downhill.
Three people suffered critical injuries, while injuries to five others were considered serious. Authorities didn’t say how many of the injured were children.
The elementary school-age children attend a school in Eau Claire. Lafayette is northeast of Eau Claire.
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Cunningham recounted the story of Norman Borlaug, the U alumnus and agronomist whose research in wheat saved millions from starvation, and said she would prioritize keeping a college education affordable for students.
Cunningham actually took over presidential duties on July 1, replacing Interim President Jeff Ettinger. She oversees a budget of more than $4 billion to run the university’s five campuses, which enrolled more than 68,000 students and employed 27,000 people during the last academic year.
She was chosen for the job last winter over two other candidates: Laura Bloomberg, president of Cleveland State University and former dean of the U’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and James Holloway, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico. She is the U’s second woman president, following Joan Gabel who held the office from 2019 to 2023.
Cunningham will be paid more than $1 million per year — about $975,000 in base pay and an additional $120,000 in retirement contributions. The compensation puts her in the top quarter of Big Ten university presidents.
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