Town of Pence, Wis. – A man is dead after a ATV crash early Sunday morning in Iron County, Wisconsin. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says the 911 call was received around 12:10 a.m. about an ATV accident at the intersection of Spring Camp Road and Whiteside Street in the Town of Pence. When authorities arrived, they found a single…
Pine County authorities are searching for a man they say shot another man Saturday afternoon. The suspect has been identified as Allen W. Hasser, 60, of Hinckley. The 911 call was reported at 2:46 p.m. by the male victim who said he had been shot in the shoulder. “The victim reported he was in his vehicle driving toward the city…
CLOQUET, Minn. – There’s still no official word on why Cloquet Police Chief Jeff Palmer remains off the job or when he will return. Chief Palmer began his “voluntary paid leave” on April 16. City Administrator Aaron Reeves told FOX 21 this week that the leave “… can’t go on forever but I also can’t provide a set time frame…
DULUTH, Minn. – It’s been nearly two months since Duluth’s now-former fire chief, Dennis Edwards, was arrested and eventually charged with DWI. But there’s still no comment from Mayor Emily Larson who hand-selected Edwards for that position. FOX 21 has repeatedly asked Mayor Larson for any type of response, including this Thursday and Wednesday, but her spokesperson, Kate Van Daele,…
DULUTH, Minn. – The owner of Grandma’s Restaurant Company, Andy Borg, has purchased a building in the growing Lincoln Park Craft District. The building is the former Duluth Sheet Metal building across from Duluth Cider on the 2300 block of West Superior Street. Grandma’s President Brian Dougherty says there aren’t major plans for the building right now other than eventually…
ASHLAND, Wis. – One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Ashland. It happened sometime after 3 p.m. Wednesday on the 800 block of 4th Avenue West in the city limits. “The shooting is currently under investigation and it will be several hours until the crime scene is clear. Currently, there is no danger to the citizens of Ashland…
DULUTH, Minn. – More upgrades are in the master plan for the Duluth International Airport, as the final phase of the main runway’s reconstruction is underway. There are discussions to eventually extend the smaller “cross wing runway” to 8,000 feet from the roughly 5,700 it’s at now. Airport officials say a larger second runway would help to support aviation growth…
DULUTH, Minn. – Firefighters have been busy this weekend with at least three fires in the Duluth area. The latest fire happened around 4 a.m. in West Duluth in an alley between 62nd and 63rd Avenue West. Officials say it was a windy one, and when it was all said and done, a mobile home and at least two garages…
WRENSHALL, Minn. – Voters in Wrenshall voted down a school referendum Tuesday, 513 no – 428 yes, that would have helped upgrade the district, according to Superintendent Kim Belcastro. The referendum called for a $14 million remolding project for their schools that included a new gym and indoor air quality improvements. If the referendum passed, annual taxes would have gone up…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified two officers who used deadly force during an officer-involved shooting May 4 in Hermantown. Meanwhile, the investigation has revealed the suspect killed in the shooting – Timothy Russell Majchrzak, 37, of Hermantown — was wearing a bullet proof vest. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Deputy Troy Fralich – a 12-year veteran…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – The suspect who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Hermantown Saturday has been identified as Timothy Russell Majchrzak, 37, of Hermantown, according to the Midwest Medical Examiner. He died of multiple gunshot wounds. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will provide additional information, including the names of the deputies, after the initial interviews with people involved are…
DULUTH, Minn. – Millard LaJoy — a man we have followed since he turned 100 — has died at the age of 106. LaJoy, of Pike Lake, died peacefully Friday in his sleep. He graduated in 1930 from Duluth Central and went to the U of M to receive engineering and law degrees. He owned Cubs Roller Skating Rink, worked…
DULUTH, Minn. – It’s been four months since a suicidal domestic-assault suspect shot Duluth police officer Aaron Haller and fatally shot his K-9 partner Haas. Officer Aaron Haller and K-9 Haas People lined the street during Haas’ funeral procession, and they’d later pack the DECC for his memorial. As FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports, Aaron and his wife open up…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Vista Fleet — one of Duluth’s top tourist attractions — is ready to sail Friday, May 3. This comes after a 40-percent decline in business last season during complications with the delayed seawall reconstruction project in the Minnesota Slip. Vista officials say they’re ready to have a full season free of construction, and they’re going to…
DULUTH, Minn. – The city of Duluth is reminding everybody to support downtown businesses during the reconstruction of East Superior Street. While there’s a lot going on within the street, the sidewalks are wide open to all businesses and there are even paths to cross over to the other side of the street. “It gets to be a little bit…
DULUTH, Minn. – Titanium Partners has wrapped up a new luxury condo on top of the old Last Place on Earth building on East Superior Street that’s now home to Blacklist Brewing and Solve Entertainment below. The condo includes three bedrooms, two baths, a private elevator and all new appliances with a modern industrial feel. But it’s what’s on the…
DULUTH, Minn. – The historic Temple Opera Building next to the NorShor Theatre in downtown Duluth officially has a new owner — and changes are on the way. That owner is Titanium Partners, which is also behind the new multi-million dollar high-rise apartment building planned just blocks away, as FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports. The revitalization of downtown Duluth is…
DULUTH, Minn. – Scary moments for drivers on the “Can of Worms” in Duluth Wednesday after a semi lost control and slammed into five vehicles. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Highway 53 at the intersection of the Northbound I-35 off-ramp. The Minnesota State Patrol said the semi’s brakes likely failed before the crash. The five vehicles hit…
DULUTH, Minn. – Roz Randorf has announced her run for Duluth’s Dist. 3 council seat, which is currently held by Em Westerlund who is not running for reelection. Randorf says she has more than 25 years of leadership experience, including working for the Duluth News Tribune. She currently works at Dale Carnegie Training. “I love Duluth and look forward to…
DULUTH, Minn.- The William A. Irvin may not get its paint job and rehab work after all. According to DECC’s Executive Director Chelly Townsend, the bids for the Irvin’s maintenance work at Fraser Shipyards are coming in higher than expected. Townsend said they can’t pay much more than $500,000 worth of grant money available from the Minnesota Historical Society. The…
DULUTH, Minn. – Warmer weather is giving Duluth public works crews more chances to patch up winter potholes. A crew was spotted patching away on London Road Thursday. The city will have six crews filling potholes full time this summer, which is an increase from last year. “The late snow storms had a large effect on the overall ability to…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The days are getting longer for students within the Superior School District. Snow days on April 11 12 need to be made up before the end of the year. So this means starting Monday, April 29, school will start 10 minutes earlier. Bus pick-ups will happen 10 minutes earlier as well. The end of the school day…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Cloquet’s police chief has put himself on “voluntary paid leave.” City Administrator Aaron Reeves says Chief Jeff Palmer began his leave on Tuesday, April 16. Reeves could not confirm what it’s for or how long the leave will last. Reeves did say the leave has nothing to do with a complaint against Palmer by former Cloquet Police…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A divided Superior City Council has failed to vote in a new council president. The two nominees up for a vote Tuesday night were councilors Ruth Ludwig and Brent Fennessey. The vote came down to five votes for Fennessey over 4 votes for Ludwig. Councilor Dan Olson abstained, which kept a tie from happening, which also prevented…
DULUTH, Minn. — A death investigation is underway after a body was found Tuesday evening in Chester Creek. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, a passerby spotted the body lying face down around 4:30 p.m. under the Chester Creek Bridge on East 9th Street. Authorities believe the victim is an adult male. Investigators do not suspect foul play, according…
DULUTH, Minn. (Press Release) – Mayor Larson will hold her fourth State of the City address on Monday, April 15th, 2019 at 6:00 pm at Myers-Wilkins Elementary School in the gymnasium. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. The program will begin at 6:00 pm which includes drumming by Myers-Wilkins students, comments from Council President Noah Hobbs, and poet laureate Gary…
DULUTH, Minn. (Press Release) – Bulldog Men’s Hockey Team to be Honored with Tuesday Night Championship Celebration Event at Romano Gymnasium on campus at the University of Minnesota Duluth The University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey team, fresh off a NCAA National Championship (3rd in school history), will be honored this Tuesday, April 16th at Romano Gymnasium on campus at the University of Minnesota…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Superior Jaycees is getting ready to put on the 22nd Annual Gitchee Gumee Brewfest this Saturday. Roughly 30 brewers will be set up inside Wessman Arena from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. 1,200 people will be taking down unlimited samples of craft beer. All of the money made on the event will go toward the community efforts…
DULUTH, Minn. – Decades-old street lights on East Superior Street are coming down. Crews were carefully removing the light poles Wednesday between Lake Avenue and 3rd Avenue East. The city says the light poles will be re-purposed, and parts will be used to keep the same type of light poles operational on the avenues downtown. This is all ahead of…
DULUTH, Minn. – If you are out of winter supplies, you might be out of luck because hardware stores are in spring and summer mode. Over at Marshall Hardware Hank in Duluth, you’ll only find a few snow shovels out on the shelves for sale, along with rock salt. Co-owner Scott Marshall says he’s not surprised at all with an…
DULUTH, Minn. – A downtown Duluth restaurant that’s been open for only about a year has announced it is closing its doors for good and solely offering a “pop-up service.” Martha’s Daughter opened in the former Coney Island location on East Superior Street in early 2018 to serve locally sourced and sustainable food. A GoFundMe created by the owner, Nyanyika Banda,…
DULUTH, Minn. – A life-long resident of West Duluth is running for the 5th District City Council seat currently held by Jay Fosle. Janet Kennedy made her announcement Monday at Beaner’s Central in West Duluth. Kennedy says she’s focused on community centered economic development, decreasing health disparities, and improving infrastructure and transportation. Kennedy ran against Fosle in 2015 with roughly…
CLOQUET, Minn. — Cloquet police are looking for two suspects who broke into the Northwoods Credit Union Hockey Arena. The burglary happened March 30. Two suspects stole items from a concession stand, according to police. It was not clear Sunday what type of items were stolen or what the dollar value was for those items. Police released images of the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal would restore local governments’ power to seize private property for bike and recreational trails. Republican lawmakers added to the budget a prohibition on local government and state agencies using eminent domain powers to establish or extend bike trails, recreational trails and sidewalks into the last state budget. That came at the…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth is in line for another new hotel development near the Miller Hill Mall. The 82-room hotel with four floors is a Fairfield Inn and Suites. The company, Brutger Equities out of St. Cloud, wants to build the hotel at the corner of Maple Grove Road and Cottonwood Avenue. That location is next to the Days Inn…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz has called on Minnesota to write a new story about how a government divided between Democrats and Republicans puts aside ideology and comes together for the good of the people. The Democratic governor used his first State of the State speech Wednesday night to say the state of the state is “strong.” And…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police are investigating a shooting in the heart of the city’s downtown that left one man with a gunshot wound to the face, according to authorities. The call came in about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a shooting on West Superior Street between 1st Avenue West and 2nd Avenue West. The crime scene tape…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — There are growing concerns among some Superior city leaders — inside and outside the council chambers — involving Mayor Jim Paine’s decision to publicly endorse three council candidates in a political ad that’s running on both television and social media before Tuesday’s election. As FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports, one of those endorsed candidates is an incumbent…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police arrested a 29-year-old woman Tuesday night after a fight that ended in a stabbing in Duluth’s East Hillside neighborhood. The call came in around 8:20 p.m. on the 600 block of East 6th Street. When officers arrived on scene, a 25-year-old woman was found outside with “significant but not life-threatening injuries,” according to release by…
Mark Painter DULUTH, Minn. – A youth counselor has pleaded not guilty to all five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct against him involving juvenile boys at a Duluth residential treatment facility. Mark Painter, 29, of Hermantown is accused of sexually assaulting five boys under his watch at The Hills Youth and Family Services in Duluth. Court documents in St….
Six starving wolves have been rescued from Michipicoten Island on Lake Superior in Canada and are now at Isle Royale National Park with plenty of moose to prey on. The nearly $100,000 operation over the weekend was an effort between the International Wolf Center in Ely and the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation. Officials say the wolves would have…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A study says Minnesota’s homelessness increased by 10 percent between 2015 and 2018, despite employment growing during the same period. Minnesota Public Radio reports that the St. Paul-based Wilder Foundation released its findings this month from a count of people experiencing homelessness in 2018. Researchers counted 10,233 homeless people in Minnesota on Oct. 25, a jump of…
DULUTH, Minn. – Phase two of the Superior Street reconstruction project is about to get underway on the east side of downtown. Starting Monday, April 8, city crews will close down East Superior Street from Lake Avenue in front of Pizza Luce up until 3rd Avenue East by Greysolon Plaza. Pending weather conditions, a public kick-off event will happen at…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Cheryl Sutton, the mother of Erik Sutton — a retired Superior fire battalion chief – broke her silence Thursday about her son’s suicide to FOX 21’s Dan Hanger. This, as the Superior Fire Department – for the first time – takes on special mental health training to help prevent another tragedy involving one of their own. “Each…
DULUTH, Minn. — St. Louis County is hiring a Heritage and Arts Center executive director to handle operations at the Duluth Depot. Commissioners say the position will help with collaboration among the eight tenants at the Depot while also taking away some of the politics among the tenants. The director will be a neutral party making between $67,000 and roughly $90,000…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Jim Bolin, the longtime owner of the President’s Liquor, Bar, One Stop and car wash, is beginning to move close to retirement by selling off half of his business to Korner Store owner Derek Medved. “I’ve come here every morning for 62 years, and it will be different not to have the convenience store,” Bolin told FOX…
(Associated Press) – An Alabama sheriff says at least 14 people are dead amid “catastrophic” damage from a possible tornado, and more people are missing as crews search through wreckage and debris. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told WRBL-TV on Sunday that damage in his community followed a path several miles (kilometers) long and appeared up to a fourth of…
DULUTH, Minn. – UMD student Mike Mayou, who is studying at the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the university, has announced he is running for an at-large seat on the Duluth City Council in November. “I’m running to make our city government open and accessible to all so that we can continue to make Duluth an inclusive city…
DULUTH, Minn. – We’re getting a preview of what a new hotel will look like on Tower Avenue in Superior. The four-story hotel will be built on the site of the former Palace Theater on North Tower and 11th Street. Wisconsin-based Cobblestone Hotels is behind the project. The 60-plus room hotel will include a steakhouse and taproom on the lower…
DULUTH, Minn. – Feb. 25, 2019 officially became Maria Bamford Day in the city of Duluth Monday. Mayor Emily Larson made the proclamation at a private lunch with the Duluth-raised comedian and her family. “I can’t believe I’ve made it. It’s all I’ve ever wanted,” Bamford joked in a short video posted to Facebook by her sister, Sarah. Bamford is…
