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Minnesota River, as well as small watersheds of nearby Minnesota River tributaries. According to the agency, 81% of the land in the Yellow Medicine-Hawk Creek watersheds is used for agriculture, with
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went missing from Porter, Minnesota. It was and still is highly theorized that
Brandon may have slipped and fallen into the river. However, even after an extensive search, nothing has been found.
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