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A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:30 P.M. CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES: At 12:52 P.M., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Taconite, or 8 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, moving northeast at 65 mph. Locations impacted include: Nashwauk, Pengilly, Hibbing and Keewatin.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:45 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA, AITKIN, NORTHWESTERN PINE, EAST CENTRAL CASS, SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS, CARLTON AND CROW WING COUNTIES: At 12:50 P.M., severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Grand Rapids to near Palisade to 6 miles southeast of Deerwood, moving east at 50 mph. Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

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Published April 13, 1996 at 11:00 PM CDT

Musician and composer Michael Wolff was recently rocking his crying baby to sleep when all of a sudden it dawned on him that the rhythm of the moment was the perfect basis for the making of a song.

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