To celebrate the New Year, hundreds of people braved the frigid 32-degree water in Lake Minnetonka for the 30th Annual ALARC Ice Dive from the from the shoreline at the public docks in Excelsior, Minn. The event raises a large contribution to wounded veterans support organizations.
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Rafael Barbosa served in the U.S. military for 23 years, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Then he was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer because of burn pit exposure. Doctors guess he has two years to live.
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Police continue to search for a suspect in MOA shooting
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Burned by the Army, Iraq vet confronts cancer battle
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