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Mary Lynn Smith

Reporter | Metro

Phone: 612-673-4788

After getting a master’s in public affairs reporting, Mary Lynn Smith spent much of her 30-year-newspaper career covering government from the statehouse in Illinois to local governments in Minnesota. Now as a general assignment reporter, she covers a broad range of breaking news stories and features. She was born and raised in Chicago but has chosen to live, work, and raise a family in Minnesota -- first Duluth and then the Twin Cities.
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Rash of carbon monoxide poisoning sickens Twin Cities residents

No deaths. Incidents prompt reminder of gas' hazards.

Updated: February 14, 2012, - 08:22 AM

Banned: Cars, trucks, SUVs from ice on all Hennepin County lakes

Unseasonably warm weather and unpredictable ice conditions have plunged eight vehicles into the water since mid-January -- six in the past seven days

Updated: February 10, 2012, - 06:43 AM

Family of White Bear Lake couple plans memorial service

Hope faded into acceptance Tuesday, as the family of a White Bear Lake couple missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster said they would begin planning a memorial service for Gerald and Barbara Heil.

Updated: February 01, 2012, - 09:50 AM

Hockey safety goal expanded to youth

Making hockey safer is about to start with some of Minnesota's youngest players.

Updated: January 24, 2012, - 09:42 AM

Shipwrecked: A vigil and an escape

A Lakeville woman and her sister are back in Minnesota grieving for lives lost on the Italian cruise ship and hoping for those still missing, including a White Bear Lake couple.

Updated: January 19, 2012, - 06:55 AM

Lakeville woman, sister had harrowing escape from ship

A Lakeville woman and her sister were among survivors from the sinking Costa Concordia. A White Bear Lake couple are still missing, as five more bodies were recovered Tuesday.

Updated: January 17, 2012, - 09:24 AM