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So Minnesota: Salt Lake
Fishing, swimming, and boating a just a few of the reasons to love Minnesota’s lakes.
There’s one lake that lacks all of that and yet it’s still a marvel.
Salt Lake is located on the Minnesota/South Dakota border.
“It’s very special,” Kurt Vascek with the Minnesota DNR said. “It’s the only salt lake in Minnesota. It’s about 320 square acres, about a half a square mile area and it’s only about 4 feet deep.”
You can’t swim on Salt Lake and there are no fish.
“It’s too salty for any fish that we would have around here,” Vascek said.
Salt Lake is one of the most famous birding spots in Minnesota. It’s because the lake attracts different species not usually found in the state.
“There’s fairy shrimp out in the water and that stuff attracts all the birds,” Vascek said.
The next time you visit your favorite lake you think is great, it’s not as unique as Salt Lake.
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Minneapolis man pleads guilty to murder in deadly Elliot Park shooting
A 20-year-old Minneapolis man on Monday pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man in the Elliot Park neighborhood last summer.
Deshon Gregory pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and three counts of second-degree assault, according to court documents. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 17.
Charges say Gregory arrived outside a house on the 1500 block of 11th Avenue South after texting a woman who lived there, “Come out.” The woman told police Gregory had arrived with another woman and wanted to fight.
Investigators learned Gregory had allegedly been demanding $40 from the woman, with whom he had a previous relationship.
The woman and her two sisters went outside and saw Gregory outside with another woman. At one point, charges say Gregory warned one of the women he was going to shoot her. He then took out a gun and “started shooting at everyone,” according to the complaint. That’s when 30-year-old Lafayette Collaso, who had been on the front porch of the home, was fatally shot.
Charges say surveillance video cameras in the area captured the shooting. Officers also found 11 discharged 9 mm cartridge casings nearby.
At the time of the shooting, Gregory was under court supervision and had multiple pending charges, including two domestic assault cases and one fourth-degree assault case.
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