Ely, MN (KROC-AM News) - The strong thunderstorms that hit areas of northern Minnesota early Thursday produced nearly 70 mile-per-hour winds that left tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power, and claimed the lives of a 13-year-old Boy Scout and an adult volunteer in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
ELY, Minn. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America say falling trees knocked down by strong winds killed a boy and a woman camping with an adventure program in a northern Minnesota forest.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.