Ruby slippers from Judy Garland museum go up for auction this week

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In 2005, a pair of ruby slippers were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids. The slippers were on loan to the museum by a collector. The FBI recovered the "Wizard of Oz" shoes in 2018. This week, they go up for auction. The museum has been fundraising to purchase the slippers valued anywhere form $2.9 to $4.8 million.

Authorities in Woodbury say two people, including a teenage boy, were pulled from a lake Monday after breaking through thin ice. It happened during the late afternoon at Markgrafs Lake near Woodbury Drive, just south of I-94. Police say the teen was the first to break through the ice. Others tried to rescue him and one of those people also broke through and was rescued by first responders. A dive team later located the teenager and both people were taken to Regions Hospital.

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Ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' are for sale nearly 2 decades after they were stolen

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