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The authorities found the body of a 41-year-old Minnesota man who had disappeared two days earlier after saving his son and stepdaughter from the swift-moving river.

ELK RIVER, Minn. — An Elk River father is being hailed a hero for saving two of his kids before getting swept up in the Mississippi River. Sherburne County authorities say 41-year-old Cody Pope ...