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It was the first of the new year in Minnesota.

Fairmont, Minnesota officials provided an update on the city's Facebook page, detailing their efforts in collaboration with the DNR to identify the cause of death for a number of geese recently found in the area.

BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Officials confirm a low-pathogenic bird flu strain has been detected in a Jennie-O Turkey Store operation in western Wisconsin.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota is king when it comes to raising the bird that could be the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving meal.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A University of Minnesota study says farmers who actively tilled fields near turkey barns in the early days of last year's bird flu outbreak may have unwittingly helped spread the virus.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bird flu outbreak in the Midwest has actually resulted in cheaper chicken meat in the U.S. because exports have been restricted, leaving a plentiful domestic supply.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The top turkey producing county in the country's top turkey state has recorded its 40th case of bird flu.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say bird flu will claim an additional 4 million Iowa egg-laying chickens on two more farms in a county already hit by the disease.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health says two more Minnesota turkey flocks have tested presumptive for bird flu. The farms are in Kandiyohi and Swift counties. The number of birds affected at those two farms has not yet been determined...

St. Paul, MN  (KROC-AM News) - For the first time in three weeks, state officials did not report any new bird flu outbreaks in Minnesota on Wednesday.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The bird flu has hit a huge chicken farm in south-central Minnesota.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's been five months since the H5N2 bird flu virus was discovered in the U.S., and producers have lost more than 21 million birds in the Midwest alone. Yet, researchers with federal agencies acknowledge they still know little about the virus' origin and how it spreads, especially with heightened biosecurity measures at commercial poultry farms and the apparent lack of wide

St. Paul, MN  (KROC-AM News) - Governor Mark Dayton signed legislation Friday that provides about $900,000 in emergency funding for the state’s response to the ongoing bird flu crisis.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - A hawk that recently died after it landed on the deck behind a home in western Minnesota has tested positive for the H5N2 virus.