DULUTH, Minn. – Who needs to go to California, Florida, or Hawaii to surf when you can jump in Lake Superior in the middle of the winter? Some brave souls wet-suited up and rode the big lake’s waves near Brighton Beach recently. FOX 21 photojournalist Nathaniel LeCapitaine takes us there in this week’s Great Outdoors. Categories: Great Outdoors, Minnesota, News,…
DULUTH, Minn. – Longtime Duluth City Attorney Gunnar Johnson confirmed to FOX 21 Wednesday that he’s been placed on administrative suspension. Johnson said he was “shocked” to learn about his suspension last Wednesday and never saw anything of this magnitude coming from Mayor Emily Larson and her administration. Johnson said it’s his understanding a Twin Cities law firm has been…
DULUTH, Minn. — Mayor Emily Larson announced Tuesday that she’ll be holding her State of the City Address March 30 at the West Theater in West Duluth. This will be Larson’s fifth address. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The program starts at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. More details will be released as the…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police have increased patrols near Lester Park Elementary after a report of an attempted abduction involving an 8-year-old boy. It was reported around 4 p.m. Tuesday near the 5200 block of East Avondale Street. The boy ran away after a masked man reportedly asked the boy to get in his car. There’s no description of the…
DULUTH, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld a manslaughter conviction of a Hibbing man who left his baby nephew home alone before a fire broke out. Jesse Bonacci-Koski, 27, left the home for several hours to use drugs the day of the 11-month-old’s death. He’s serving an eight-year prison sentence for the crime. Attorneys for Bonacci-Koski argued…
DULUTH, Minn. – The popular Beijing Restaurant in Duluth, which closed more than a year ago after a fire, is opening back up this week. Owner Cindy Lee told FOX 21’s Dan Hanger Sunday that repairs from the fire are complete and all the city permits are signed off to open Beijing Restaurant on London Road on Tuesday, Feb. 11…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she’s plans to keep defying expectations heading into Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. Though she’s spent the last year behind the front-runners, Klobuchar has enjoyed a burst of momentum in the last few days thanks to a strong debate performance and infusion of cash. At a rally at Southern New Hampshire University…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The daubers were out and the music was flowing at the Spirit Room in Superior for a “Musical Bingo” fundraiser. It was all to support Siggy’s Musical Garden Incorporated. Sigrid “Siggy” Johnson The non-profit creates outreach programs that connect local musicians, like Similiar Dogs who played at the Bingo event, with elder care facilities, youth programs and…
DULUTH, Minn. – St. Luke’s Eye Care in Duluth is now open in a new location in the Medical Arts Building. The clinic is now on the second floor after being up on the eighth floor for more than 40 years. The change comes as the clinic nearly doubled in size and updated equipment to some of the newest technology….
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Polar Bear Plunge is Feb. 15 with a new plunge location at the end of Park Point across from the Beach House. The plunge has typically been held behind Endion Station in Canal Park, but construction of the Lakewalk got in the way this year. Pre-plunge check in is on Friday, Feb. 14 from 5…
DULUTH, Minn. — With temperatures around 40 degrees on Sunday, the city of Duluth closed the ice skating rink at Bayfront Park. Puddles of water could be seen on the ice on Sunday. The rink will reopen later in the week after colder air moves in and the rink freezes over, according to city officials. The public is being asked…
Tom Bakk MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota state Sen. Susan Kent defeated longtime Sen. Tom Bakk in an election for the leadership of the DFL Senate caucus. The two-term member from Woodbury was elected Senate DFL Minority Leader on Saturday, toppling longtime Iron Range leader to become the first woman ever to lead the caucus. Susan Kent The 32-member caucus is…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Superior’s 5th District will indeed have all candidates on the primary ballot in February after one candidate challenged the incumbent’s nomination papers and even the process the city clerk took to get the mistake corrected at the last minute. FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports. Incumbent Brent Fennessey reacted Tuesday to the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s conclusion that he…
Brent Fennessey | Amanda Foster SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission made a conclusion Monday that Incumbent Superior City Councilor Brent Fennessey will be on the February primary ballot despite formal complaints from candidate Amanda Foster’s campaign. The Foster campaign said Fennessey didn’t have enough valid signatures to be on the ballot because he didn’t sign one of his nomination…
Ty Juoni ASHLAND, Wis. – A former Ashland police officer has reached a plea deal involving an auto theft charge against him before he retired from the force. Ty Juoni, 51, an 18-year veteran of the department, entered a plea of no contest Monday to the misdemeanor charge of auto theft and was found guilty. He won’t serve jail time…
TWO HARBORS, Minn. – A 14-year-old is under arrest after a stabbing over the weekend in Two Harbors. The juvenile suspect is accused of 2nd-degree assault against the victim. Their genders were not released by police on Monday. The age of the victim was not released either. The stabbing happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday within city limits. The victim was…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – For the first time in at least 30 years, a candidate for council in Superior is being challenged by another candidate over his nomination papers for reelection. The candidate in question is incumbent Brent Fennessey — current president of the council. And now the Wisconsin Elections Commission is reviewing whether Fennessey should be allowed on the ballot…
Three separate snowmobile accidents over the weekend have taken the lives of two people and serious injured another. The latest accident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday just outside of Hurley, Wisconsin. The snowmobile went off the trail. The 47-year-old female driver was found unresponsive by authorities. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the crash is…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating an apparent home invasion and robbery that injured a man. The call for help came in around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on the 200 block of St. Paul Avenue in the Woodland neighborhood. Two suspects were arrested and police were not searching for anyone else. Authorities say two BB guns, baseball bats, and marijuana…
DULUTH, Minn. – In this week’s Great Outdoors, we catch up with some anglers anxious to be out on the ice. Categories: News, News – Latest News
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Police were investigating Tuesday after a pickup truck slammed into a multi-unit residential building and caused a gas leak. The single-vehicle accident happened around 5 p.m. at 4010 E. 2nd Street. The vehicle’s impact severed multiple natural gas meters, according to authorities. Police closed down the area to the public at one point until Superior Water Light…
ASHLAND, Wis. — The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three suspected opioid-related overdoses of inmates at the Ashland County Jail. Two inmates experienced symptoms and were hospitalized Jan. 9. Another inmate was hospitalized on Jan. 11. All three were eventually discharged from the hospital. Officials say the inmates were all housed in the same cell block. It’s believed a…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth School Board will decide Tuesday on whether to put the historic Old Central High School building up for sale. If the resolution is passed, board member Alanna Oswald says it simply means the district will see what type of interest is out there because the nearly $50 million price tag to repair the aging building…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth City Council held its first meeting of 2020 Monday. It started with new faces and new leaders. Councilors voted to select Gary Anderson as the new council president and Renee Van Nett as vice president. Newly elected councilors Derek Medved, Roz Randorf and Janet Kennedy were there for their first council meeting of many more…
DULUTH, Minn. – Environmentalists and advocates of clean water gathered in Duluth Monday to celebrate the Minnesota Court of Appeals’ ruling to put a halt on two crucial permits for PolyMet’s proposed copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes. Leaders from WaterLegacy, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and even Duluth City Councilor Joel Sipress were among those praising…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The following statements were released by the Superior School District and the Superior Police Department after a video surfaced on social media with someone saying they planned to shoot up the middle school on Monday. That threat has since been investigated and dealt with by the Superior Police Department. School will go on as usual on Monday…
DULUTH, Minn. – A Duluth family is outraged after learning the man who killed their teenage son and his grandmother in a drunken-driving crash in 2012 has been charged for driving while impaired — again. Hawk Edwards The suspect, 27-year-old Hawk Edwards of Superior posted $75,000 bail Tuesday after police say he was driving 55 mph in a 30 mph…
DULUTH, Minn. – A drunken driver who killed a Duluth woman and her grandson in a 2012 crash has been arrested again on suspicion of driving while impaired. Hawk Edwards, 27, is accused of driving nearly twice the legal limit (0.13) around 1:30 Sunday morning. Duluth police say he was going 60 mph in a 30 mph zone. Everett Bergren…
DULUTH, Minn. – The following statement was released by the city of Duluth Sunday evening regarding alternate side parking: “IF you live on a street that has not been plowed wait for the plow to come through before moving your car to the odd side of the street. You will not be ticketed. We don’t expect you to move your…
CLOSED DEC. 2: -AEOA Senior Dining Program (Morgan Park, Evergreen, & Portman) -Ashland School District -Bay Side Recycling (Duluth) -Carlton School District -Cheer America Practice in Duluth – Cancelled -Cloquet School District -College of St. Scholastica -Cornerstone Preschool and Child Care Center -Damiano Center -Duluth School District -Duluth Bethel -Duluth Parks & Recreation Community Centers, Programs -Esko School District -Fond…
DULUTH, Minn. – A fired Duluth police officer is officially allowed to get his job back after a use-of-force incident. That’s the world from the Minnesota Supreme Court. Officer Adam Huot was terminated after a 2017 incident where he’s seen on police body camera video dragging a defiant hand-cuffed man through the Skywalk before the man hit his head on…
From schools and workplaces to concerts and nightclubs, innocent lives are being taken away in America by heavily armed suspects in active shooter situations, which is why more law enforcement agencies across the country and right here in the Northland are investing in armored vehicles that can withstand the worst of the worst. FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports. The city…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Longtime Superior city councilor Dan Olson says he won’t run for a 7th term after finishing up in April of next year. Olson made the announcement at Tuesday’s council meeting. He most recently was responsible for helping get the Webster Dream Park project a reality for people of all abilities. Olson posted a statement on his Facebook…
DULUTH, Minn. – Tenants in the Mt. Royal Shopping Center are expected to be back open for business Tuesday after some were forced to close for four days because of a plumbing issue. One business owner who did not want to be named for this story told FOX 21 the revenue loss has been in the thousands of dollars over…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a two-level garage went up in flames. The fire broke out around 5:25 p.m. Sunday on the 300-block of East 2nd Street in the Central Hillside neighborhood. The thick smoke could be seen from I-35 at one point. When fire crews arrived, they went into defense mode — guarding…
DULUTH, Minn. – A family of four can’t return home after their house caught fire in West Duluth Sunday. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. in a home on the 200 block of South 70th Avenue West. Three people and a dog inside the home safely escaped. The fire started in the kitchen. Damage is estimated at $35,000. The…
DULUTH, Minn. – One year after fire shut down the popular Beijing Restaurant in Duluth, the owner is close to reopening. Construction crews and the fencing surrounding the property on London Road are now gone. Beijing’s longtime owner Cindy Lee said Sunday that repairs are complete and she’s waiting on final permits to be signed off by the city to start…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A new study has been released about the city of Superior’s operations at city hall and how it can improve to be more efficient and effective. The study was initiated by Mayor Jim Paine and the city council, and conducted by RW Management Group, Inc. The consultant group assessed things like current staffing, workflow, workloads and management…
DULUTH, Minn. — Former Minnesota State Sen. and former Duluth city council president Roger Reinert was in studio for FOX 21 News at 9 as election results were coming in during Tuesday’s election. Reinert gave analysis on the Duluth mayoral race and council races as results came in. Categories: News, News – Latest News, Political
DULUTH, Minn. – The Sheraton Hotel in downtown Duluth is undergoing a multi-million dollar transformation. It’s the first time the hotel is going through such a renovation since opening in 2007 that’ll strip down every piece of what the public sees, as FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports. The final phase of the $31 million Superior Street reconstruction project is well…
NORTH BRANCH, Minn. – A 63-year-old Moose Lake man died Friday after he was rear-ended by a drunken driver on Interstate 35 in North Branch, Minnesota. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at about 5 a.m., the 63-year-old man was driving his Buick on I-35 when a Toyota Tundra, traveling at a high rate of speed, rear-ended him. The Buick then…
DULUTH, Minn. – The suspect accused of shooting and killing a Duluth man outside of a downtown bar in 2018 has been found guilty of murder. On Tuesday afternoon, a jury of six men and six women found 27-year-old Jamal Jackson guilty of second-degree intentional murder for the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Scott Pennington. St. Louis County prosecutor Jon Holets…
LAKE COUNTY, Minn. – Authorities are asking for the public’s help after a missing Indiana man’s truck was found just north of Two Harbors. James Runkle, 56, went missing from North Judson, Indiana, Sept. 20. He told his wife he planned to go fishing locally before going to a doctor’s appointment and then coming home. Lake County Sheriff Carey Johnson…
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is investigation a suspicious death. Details were very limited Tuesday night, other than that the death happened in the Makinen area, which is about 15 miles southeast of Virginia. Officials say there is no threat to the public, and there was no word on any immediate arrests. Categories: Crime, News, News – Latest News
DULUTH, Minn. – United Healthcare in Duluth has laid off some of its workers, but the company would not confirm how many employees are affected. United Healthcare released the following statement Thursday: “UnitedHealthcare works every day to help make health care more affordable, while ensuring the business remains well-positioned for continued growth. As part of that commitment, we regularly review…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police have made what they are calling a “significant” burglary arrest of a Duluth man already charged with four other burglaries from earlier this year. Kyle Carl, 25, was arrested Wednesday for one of three September burglaries at Duluth Cider brewery on West Superior Street in Lincoln Park. This comes as Duluth police continue investigating burglaries…
DULUTH, Minn. – A lawsuit has been avoided between a pro-business political action group in Duluth known as BizPac and the Duluth Transit Authority over banner ads on the city buses. Three BizPac ads were pulled from the buses in April by the DTA after a complaint from city staff. The DTA said the ads about housing needs, questionable priorities…
DULUTH, Minn. — Several businesses in and around the Burning Tree Plaza in Duluth were evacuated Monday evening after a gas line break, according to a city spokesperson. Haines Road was shut down, along with parts of Matterhorn Drive and Maple Grove Road as fire officials handled the scene. No injuries had been reported as of 7 p.m. Comfort Systems…
TWO HARBORS, Minn. – Growler sales are about to come to an end for the rest of the year at Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors and may even result in cutting back positions. It’s all because of a Minnesota state law that says once a brewery produces more than 20,000 barrels in a year, those breweries are prohibited from…
DULUTH, Minn. — People in West Duluth can sleep a little easier knowing two men have been arrested in connection to a weekend homicide in that part of town that took the life of 33-year-old Timothy Nelson. The news of the arrests came as a small memorial began to form where the fatal shooting went down. Click here to donate…
