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The Washington Couty Sheriff’s Office says the Minneapolis man was 20-30 feet from shore when he went under. Divers found him in 18 feet of water.

HASTINGS, Minn. — A man was rushed to the hospital after rescue divers pulled him from the St. Croix River following reports of a possible drowning. 

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and the county Water Rescue and Dive Team were dispatched to the beach area near the campground at Afton State Park just before 9:45 a.m. after reports of a man disappearing under the surface. 

Witnesses told first responders that a 27-year-old Minneapolis man was swimming about 20 to 30 feet off the shore when they lost sight of him. Personnel from the Lower St. Croix Fire Department soon located the swimmer on the bottom in about 18 feet of water. The man was transported to Regions hospital where his condition is unknown. 

The incident is a reminder to take precautions in rivers and lakes this holiday weekend. The unusually rainy early-summer stretch has pushed water levels to unusually high levels, and currents are running faster in many areas. Here are some suggestions from the Red Cross to help make sure everyone has a good time, yet returns home safely:

  • Ensure that everyone in the family learns to swim well.
  • Adults: actively supervise children; stay within arm’s reach of young children and newer swimmers. And kids: follow the rules.
  • Don’t just pack it, wear your U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket – ALWAYS when on a boat and if in a swimming situation beyond your skill level. Inflatable children’s toys and water wings can be fun, but they are no substitute for a life jacket and adult supervision.
  • Swim as a pair near a lifeguard’s chair – everyone, including experienced swimmers, should swim with a buddy in areas protected by lifeguards.
  • Reach or throw, don’t go! – Know what to do to help someone in trouble, without endangering yourself; know how and when to call 9-1-1; and know CPR.

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Aitkin County crash leaves 2 dead, others hurt

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The crash happened when a Suburban pulling a trailer failed to stop at a stop sign, Minnesota State Patrol said.

WAUKENABO, Minn. — Two people from Minnetonka died in a crash Friday in Aitkin County while others, including children, were hurt. 

According to Minnesota State Patrol, it happened at the intersection of Highway 169 and Grove Street/County Road 3 in Waukenabo Township at approximately 5:15 p.m. 

A Suburban pulling a trailer was driving east on County Road 3 but did not stop at the stop sign at Highway 169, authorities said. The vehicle was struck by a northbound GMC Yukon. Two other vehicles were struck in the crash, but the people in those two cars were not injured. 

In the Suburban, the driver sustained life-threatening injuries, according to State Patrol. Elizabeth Jane Baldwin, 61, of Minnetonka, and Marlo Dean Baldwin, 92, of Minnetonka, both died. Officials said the driver of the vehicle, a 61-year-old from Minnetonka, has life-threatening injuries. 

There were six people in the Yukon when the crash occurred. The 44-year-old driver, as well as passengers ages 18, 14, and 11, sustained what officials described as life-threatening injuries. The other two passengers have non-life-threatening injuries. 

Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash, but officials said Elizabeth Jane Baldwin had not been wearing a seatbelt. 



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Runner shares his journey with addiction ahead of Twin Cities Marathon

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Among those at the start line this year will be Alex Vigil.



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Minnesotan behind ‘Inside Out 2’ helps kids name ‘hard emotions’

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Pixar’s second installment of the movie features characters we’ve already met — Joy, Sadness and Anger — and gives them a new roommate named Anxiety.

MINNEAPOLIS — Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” universe plays out inside the mind of the movie’s adolescent protagonist, Riley.

She plays a kid from Minnesota whose family uproots her life by moving to San Francisco. But did you know that what plays out in Riley’s mind actually comes from the mind of a real-life Minnesotan?

“You are one of us!” said Breaking the News anchor Jana Shortal. 

“Yes, I am!” said Burnsville native and the movie’s creator and director, Kelsey Mann. 

Mann was chosen for the role by ANOTHER Minnesotan — Pete Docter, the man behind the original movie, “Inside Out.”

“I don’t know if Pete asked me to do this movie because I was from Minnesota and he was from Minnesota … I just think it worked out that way,” Mann said.

How two guys from the south metro made a pair of Pixar movies that would change the game is a hell of a story that began with Docter in 2015.

“He [Docter] was just trying to tell a fun story — an emotional, fun story — and didn’t realize how much it would help give kids a vocabulary to talk about things they were feeling because they are feeling those emotions, but they’re really hard to talk about,” Mann said.

Some parents, counselors and teachers might even tell you it did more good for kids than just entertain them. It unlocked their emotions and begged for what Mann set out to create at the beginning of 2020.

“That part was fun, particularly fun,” he said. “I think the daunting part was following up a film that everyone really loved.”

But Mann knew what he wanted to do with the movie’s follow-up, “Inside Out 2.”

“Diving into Riley’s adolescence … that was just fun,” he said.

This time around, Riley is 13, hitting puberty and facing all of what, and who, comes with it. The franchise’s second installment features characters we’ve already met — Joy, Sadness and Anger — and gives them a new roommate named Anxiety.

“I think that’s what’s fun about the ‘Inside Out’ world: You can take something we all know and give it a face,” Mann said. “We can give anxiety a name and a face.”

The film follows Riley’s emotions fighting it out for control of her life. Joy wants Riley to stay young and hold on only to joy, while anxiety is hell-bent on taking over Riley over at the age of 13 because as a lot of us know, that’s when anxiety often moves in.

“I always pitched it as a takeover movie, like an emotional takeover,” Mann said. “Anxiety can kind of feel like that; it can take over and kind of shove your other emotions to the side and repress them.”

For a kids’ movie, it’s hard to watch this animation play out, even when an adult has the keys to decide.

“I’m making a movie about anxiety and I still have to remind myself to have my anxiety take a seat,” Mann said.

All of our individual anxieties have a place in this world.

“The whole movie honestly is about acceptance. Both acceptance of anxiety being there and also of your own flaws,” said Mann.

Even for our kids, we have to remember that this is life.

Anxiety will come for them; it does for us all.

The “Inside Out” world just shows them it’s so.



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