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VAULT - HISTORICAL

Six Rapid City cheerleaders died along with three adults, including a father who piloted the plane, as they returned from a state basketball tournament
When America lost 18 of its best figure skaters in a plane crash in February 1961, 'Fargo's First Family of Skating' mourned the loss of friends and partners.
A shocking murder in 1888 over unrequited love resulted in an event a town didn't want to talk about for decades.
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Men and women were overheard betting their clothes, cufflinks and socks before police interrupted their game, which occurred inside a downtown Rochester building.

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Columnist Steve Lange looks back at one of a city's most heroic — and most tragic — moments.
Cool Whip on your favorite dessert? Thank William A. Mitchell, born in Raymond, Minnesota, for his prolific career inventing convenience foods we enjoy
Barely a year after Di Lee’s arrival in Deadwood, she was killed, her house ransacked, and despite legitimate investigations by deputies and journalists, her attackers were never found.
In April 1917, the nation was scandalized by the home intruder murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn in St. Paul. Then the truth came out: Her husband, Frank Dunn, had arranged to have her killed.
Located downtown, Grand Recreation was a lunch diner, cigar shop, pool hall, bar and bowling alley. It also hosted two world champions.
Few are aware of how active vigilantes were in 1880s Dakota Territory. Ron Berget's book, "Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory," tells a largely forgotten story.
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Once home to the deadliest weapons on the planet, former silo, Cold War launch facility stands as reminder of dangerous times.
In the backwoods of Buzzle Township, Minnesota, is Pinewood — once an lively logging camp filled with lumberjacks and early settlers.
Legend of iconic shoes stolen from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, museum in 2005 continues to grow after 2018 FBI recovery
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Documents detail an Arabian horse on the Iron Range from the Polish communist party, plans to covertly sterilize the stallion, and a possible informant in the News Tribune newsroom.
Fourteen people, including prominent CEOs and politicians, died on Oct. 30, 1941, when a Northwest Airlines plane crashed just outside Moorhead, Minnesota.

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