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3 people dead after boat overturns on Lake Pepin late Saturday night

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WI: THREE DEAD AFTER BOAT CRASH ON LAKE PEPIN

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    MINNESOTA (WCCO) — Three people are dead after a boat overturned on Lake Pepin on Saturday night, according to law enforcement officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Two of the decedents were members of the Wabasha Fire Department, the chief confirmed.

The Pepin County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin says it received a 911 call at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Saturday reporting people screaming for help from the waters of Lake Pepin.

Upon arrival, first responders found an overturned pontoon boat just offshore from the YMCA Camp on Deer Island in Wisconsin. Three people were clinging to the boat and told responders that three additional occupants had been on the boat but could not be located.

Pepin County Sheriff Joe Wener says the pontoon overturned when it collided with a barge.

The incident initiated a large-scale search and rescue operation that included rescue boats, drones, helicopters and “other specialized search resources,” according to a joint release Sunday morning from the Wabasha and Pepin county sheriff’s offices.

First responders recovered the three missing individuals from the lake at some point during the search operation, law enforcement officials said in an update on Sunday night. They were declared dead by the Pepin County coroner and have been taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office in St. Paul, Minnesota, for autopsies.

The identities of the individuals who died are being withheld until their families are notified, according to officials.

While the boat was found near the YMCA Camp, law enforcement says no campers or camp staff were involved in the incident.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating the circumstances surrounding the boating crash.

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Danish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments, in government move to combat AI cheating

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(CNN) — High school students in Denmark will be required to verbally defend their written assignments as part of emergency government measures aimed at combating AI cheating.A verbal defense will be needed for all exams written at home, Denmark’s Ministry of Education announced in a statement Thursday, adding that it will work with schools to create the best framework for this.The rule, which comes into force immediately, applies to students in upper secondary education, which typically begins around age 16. It will include the approximately 9,000 students enrolled in the country’s two-year Higher Preparatory Examination program, who have to submit major written assignments each year, according to the ministry.The ministry is also calling on high schools to use tools to monitor students’ screens during exams, as well as a firewall to filter the content they can access during exams and in class.In addition, it is encouraging schools to get students to complete more assignments in school, under controlled environments, to make supervision easier.“Unfortunately, we have a problem with students using AI to cheat in upper secondary school,” Education Minister Magnus Heunicke said in the statement. “Action is needed now, and we are starting with these three initiatives.”“In the coming period, I will be engaging with schools, teachers and students about what can be done both in the short and longer term to ensure that AI does not undermine students’ skills, academic abilities and, not least, their ability to think for themselves,” he continued.‘Important first step’Three upper secondary school organisations — representing school leaders, teachers and students — welcomed the moves but called for more long-term solutions due to the “rapid pace of technological development,” the high schools association, Danske Gymnasier, said in a statement Thursday.Anders Frikke, chair of the Danish Association of Upper Secondary School Teachers (GL), said teachers “appreciate” that the education minister “has acted both swiftly and decisively. However, we also have additional proposals that we hope the Minister will consider.”“These include requiring students to clearly declare when AI has been used in major written assignments and ensuring that preparation for oral examinations takes place without access to AI,” he added.While students also “welcome” the emergency initiatives, “it is important that the increased amount of written work carried out at school is organised in a way that genuinely strengthens students’ learning, rather than simply moving the work from home to school,” Oscar Tønsberg Hoffmann, chair of the Danish Upper Secondary Students’ Association (DGS), said in the statement.He added that it is “essential that students have the opportunity to contribute to the development of longer-term solutions.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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