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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is issuing an air quality alert for southwest, western and central Minnesota, effective Friday, September 1 beginning at 9 a.m. through 6 a.m. Saturday, September 2.

PHILLIPS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin.

NOYES, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who may have been trying to reach Canada was found dead in northwestern Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A U.S.-Canada trade dispute has spread to Minnesota, where officials say 19 dairy farms are affected.

St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - Minnesota businesses saw their shipments to customers outside the United State decline last year.

QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- Six people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers. Authorities reported two arrests in what Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) -  Minnesota’s exports slipped during the second quarter this year due to the continued strength of the U.S. dollar.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Enbridge Energy has dropped its proposal to build the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline.

Toronto (AP) - Josh Donaldson had his first career three-homer game, Troy Tulowitzki also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

TORONTO (AP) — Melvin Upton Jr. hit an RBI triple and continued home on a misplay in the eighth inning, completing Toronto's rally from a five-run deficit and sending the AL East-leading Blue Jays over the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Saturday.

TORONTO (AP) — Russell Martin and Justin Smoak each homered and drove in five runs as the Toronto Blue Jays hammered Minnesota 15-8 Friday night, handing the Twins their eighth straight loss.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future is unclear for a proposed oil pipeline that would cross northern Minnesota.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) -- Alberta has declared a state of emergency as crews frantically held back wildfires that have torched 1,600 homes in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee.

BAUDETTE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities confirm that a body recovered from Lake of the Woods near the Canadian border is that of a third boater from Minnesota who went missing last October.