evacuation

All of the residence of the 12 story Rochester Tower in downtown Rochester were ordered out.

A slight bow in the ceiling tiles in a portion of Gage Elementary School in Rochester led to the evacuation of that section of the building and eventually the entire school.

Concerns about a possible natural gas leak led to the evacuation of a Rochester Middle School this afternoon.

Spring Grove, MN (KROC-AM News) - It was an exciting Friday afternoon in the town of Spring Grove.

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.

CALLAWAY, Minn. (AP) — The Becker County sheriff says prosecutors will review the investigation into last week's train and propane tanker crash in Callaway for possible criminal charges.

CALLAWAY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have evacuated a small town in northwestern Minnesota after a freight train collided with a propane truck that caught on fire.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspicious packages that prompted an evacuation of three dorms at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse were suitcases left behind by a couple of bus passengers and were not a threat.

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — Canadian Pacific Railway says a broken rail caused an oil train derailment in southeastern Wisconsin last weekend.

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Police say a suspicious package that prompted the evacuation of a high school and two dorms at the University of Wisconsin-Superior turned out to be full of spoiled meat.

Northwood, IA (KROC-AM News) - A large chunk of a small town in northern Iowa was evacuated Thursday morning because of a gas leak.