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The three shooting victims allegedly killed by a former South Dakota mayor on Memorial Day have been identified, as well as a possible motive. Court documents obtained by Fox News Digital identified the deceased as 21-year-old Zach Frankus, 26-year-old Paul Frankus and 35-year-old Timothy Richmond. The spat between the three and the former Centerville mayor, Jay Ostrem, 64, was allegedly …

The former mayor of a small South Dakota town has been charged in a Memorial Day triple murder. Jay Ostrem, 64, of Centerville, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder following the shooting deaths of three people Monday night, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Tuesday. “There is no further threat to the public,” Jackley said in a …

A warehouse containing an unknown quantity of fireworks caught fire on Memorial Day, according to officials in Missouri. The fire at the Spirit of ’76 Fireworks warehouse in Boonville, Missouri, began on Monday afternoon. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital. The Boonville Police Department and Fire Department are responding to the scene. In a …

Several tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois as storms downed power lines and trees on Friday, just after a deadly twister devastated one small town. The large storm system began overnight in Nebraska before traveling across central Iowa and into Illinois. Strong, straight-line wind gusts of up to 80 mph — equivalent to a weak tornado — were recorded …

A bizarre video has captured a giant inflatable duck blowing across a road in Michigan during a period of high winds. The Thrifty Treasures Antiques & More store in Birch Run says the “cherished symbol” of their business “has passed away” following the viral incident Monday in the village north of Flint. “I was just praying that nobody got hit …

The lives of two young men in Illinois are forever changed after a deadly Mother’s Day crash killed one, and left another facing criminal charges. Police in Glenview say Taeyoung Kim, 21, was responsible for the crash that claimed the life of 17-year-old Marko Niketic. Kim made his first court appearance Saturday, when a judge said the “fast and furious …

America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation’s growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had seen an exodus of people since the 1950s. Yet the estimates released Thursday show …

An Indiana angler made state history after catching a relatively-heavy yellow perch last month. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Indiana DNR) made a Facebook post about the catch on May 1. The fisherman, Blas Lars, threw his tackle in Lake Michigan before he caught the record-breaking fish. “Blas Lara was fishing Lake Michigan in Lake County during the Mayor’s …

Historians in Michigan recently announced that a shipwreck dating back more than a century has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior. The Adella Shores, a wooden steamship built in 1894, was carrying salt to Duluth, Minnesota, when it mysteriously disappeared on May 1, 1909. None of the ship’s 14 sailors were ever heard from again, according to the …

Dozens of tornadoes swept across America’s heartland, impacting millions of residents and leaving a trail of destruction. Twenty million Americans, from Texas to Iowa, are on alert for twisters, large hail and up to 70 mph winds. There were at least 59 reported tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa as of 7 p.m. ET, according to theNational Weather …