DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - The newest on the rescue of girl Scouts from a faraway Minnesota island (all instances local):
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12 p.m.
officials say not one of the woman Scouts who had been rescued from a far flung Minnesota island near the Canadian border overnight were at once struck via lightning, after all.
The woman Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines says in a facebook submit that the entire girls have been returned at their canoe base Saturday morning after being checked at a medical institution in Ely, which is set 215 miles (345 kilometers) north of Minneapolis. It says nobody became without delay struck by lightning, however "they might have experienced ground existing."
Two of the women within the neighborhood of nine, which included a e-book, were said to had been injured by means of the lightning strike Friday night.
The St. Louis County Rescue Squad says its members reached the neighborhood on a Knife Lake island within the Boundary Waters Canoe enviornment barren region at about 4 a.m.
Rick Slatten of the rescue squad advised the celebrity Tribune that the scouts had been 15 to 18 years ancient.
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4:25 a.m.
Authorities in northern Minnesota early Saturday reached a bunch of girl Scouts who had been reportedly suffering from a lightning strike in the Boundary Waters Canoe enviornment wasteland.
Two of the girls in the neighborhood of 9, which included a book, were reported to were struck with the aid of lightning Friday night. initial reports pointed out it turned into a gaggle of six.
The St. Louis County Rescue Squad tested early Saturday that crews had reached the scouts on a Knife Lake island and would carry the whole party out. The "sufferers and unhurt scouts" arrived at Moose landing just earlier than 4 a.m., in response to an replace from the squad.
The rescue squad clarified that the group changed into under no circumstances "missing" or "stranded," and all sufferers were "conscious, alert, and in a position to circulate with out tips."
Rick Slatten of the rescue squad instructed the famous person Tribune that the woman Scouts were between 15 to 18 years historical.
A spokesman mentioned Gov. Tim Walz was monitoring the situation. Walz tweeted out a request for prayers for the girl Scouts.
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