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In Sauk Centre Township on Monday, 70-year-old Richard Eidem of Osakis died when his ultralight single-seat propeller aircraft crashed on Lynx National Golf Course.
Stearns County Sheriff's officials said the crash happened just after 8 p.m. Witnesses said the aircraft was flying low as it neared the golf course.
Less than a half-hour earlier, another man died when his ultralight plane crashed into a field near Pequot Lakes.
The Crow Wing County Sheriff's office said 55-year-old Daniel Steven Chisholm, of Ideal Township, was dead at the scene.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
