DULUTH, Minn. — A litter of five puppies was found in a bin on the side of the road Tuesday evening near Animal Allies in Duluth, and the shelter is asking for help in what they called a “holiday miracle.” While the caretakers at Animal Allies called the initial finding “devasting,” they said it’s a miracle someone stopped to check…
DULUTH, Minn. – DECC Exec. Dir. Dan Hartman is pleased management at Bayfront Festival Park is coming back under the DECC’s control in a new five-year contract agreement beginning in January 2025. The council approved the RFP process Monday night lead by city staff who chose the DECC as Bayfront’s next manager. The contract is worth around $443,000 over five…
DULUTH, Minn. – As the city of Duluth gets ready to welcome in its new tourism marketing agency, Madden Media of Arizona, for the next two years, Mayor Roger Reinert told FOX 21 Monday that the goal during this new contract is to build Visit Duluth back up to a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) that will once again handle all…
DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Sen. Grant Hauschild (DFL-Hermantown) is calling on President Joe Biden to rescind his clemency ruling for former Last Place On Earth owner Jim Carlson. Carlson is among roughly 1,500 people whose sentences have been commuted by Biden — people who were “serving sentences in home confinement during the pandemic and who have successfully reintegrated into their…
DULUTH, Minn. — Management of Duluth’s premier entertainment venue, Bayfront Festival Park, is headed back to the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center for the next five years if the council signs off on Monday. For the last year, Winterfell Management has handled all promotions, productions and management of Bayfront with a one-year agreement with the city. Newly elected Mayor Roger Reinert…
DULUTH, Minn.– Following a vote Tuesday, AFSCME Local 66 overwhelmingly authorized a strike as early as mid-January if the city of Duluth does not come back with an offer that they feel is fair and equitable. Union members held a press conference Wednesday to voice their frustrations, calling the city’s latest offer “insulting, inadequate, and unacceptable.” “We are being asked…
DULUTH, Minn. – The city of Duluth’s largest employee union, AFSCME Local 66, voted Tuesday to authorize a strike, demanded “fair wages and dignity” and called on Mayor Roger Reinert to fix it. AFSCME called the city’s next contract offer “insulting, inadequate and unacceptable,” according to a news release. The union said the police and fire departments got 8% market…
DULUTH, Minn. — We now know the scores for the top five marketing agencies that applied for Duluth’s next multi-million dollar tourism marketing contract. Below are the scores based off a 100-point scale: Madden Media of Arizona: 81.65 Hailey Sault of Duluth: 78.31 AIMCLEAR of Duluth: 78.29 Lawrence & Schiller of South Dakota: 75.20 Swim Creative of Duluth: 73.55 Any…
DULUTH, Minn. – Hairball, one of the most popular tribute bands in America, is coming back to Black Bear Casino this Friday, Dec. 13th. Dave Moody, one of the lead vocalists for Hairball, took some time to talk to FOX 21 about the upcoming show. The band is known for jamming out to all of the greatest rock and roll…
DULUTH, Minn. — The decades-old Duluth Federal Prison is shutting down. The Federal Bureau of Prison said Thursday that it’s one of six prisons across the country being “deactivated.” The agency said the decision is being made to help deal with significant challenges, including a critical staffing shortage, crumbling infrastructure and limited budgetary resources. The Duluth camp is not only…
DULUTH, Minn. – A bicyclist was struck and killed by two vehicles at a busy intersection in Duluth Wednesday evening. Duluth police said the 60-year-old man was struck around 5 p.m. on Mesaba Avenue below West 1st Street. Investigators believe the man was riding westbound when he went through the crosswalk without checking for oncoming traffic, which is when the…
DULUTH, Minn. — Thank you to our FOX 21 viewers for sending in pictures of your Christmas trees and decorations Tuesday night. Below are two segments that aired during the 9 p.m. news. Enjoy! Section 1: Section 2: Categories: Community, Entertainment, Minnesota, News, News – Latest News, Wisconsin
DULUTH, Minn. — This year’s Duluth Winter Village at the DECC is expanding to include a Tinsel Tavern. The tavern includes 1,000 feet of tinsel, 600 feet of wrapping paper and 36 strings of lights. As for the tavern, Vikre Distillery will be creating holiday cocktails and mocktails, like a Gingerbread Old Fashion. The Winter Village is Saturday and Sunday…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A family in Superior is without a home after fire ripped through it during the heart of the holiday season. The fire broke out just before 9 p.m. Sunday on the 4900 block of Finn Road in the Town of Superior. The wood-framed home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, according to officials. The husband and wife…
DULUTH, Minn. — A fight at Denfeld High School Tuesday ended with one student arrested and officers assaulted. A school resource officer responded to help staff members try to separate the students. During the chaotic scene, one staff member and two officers were assaulted, according to a police spokesperson. Three other staff members suffered the effects of a chemical irritant,…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Chief Administrative Officer David Montgomery talked publicly Sunday for the first time since the Star Tribune broke the news Friday that a committee he appointed had chosen an Arizona firm to handle Duluth’s next multi-million-dollar tourism marketing contract – something Mayor Roger Reinert said earlier in the year should be handled by Duluth talent. “We feel…
DULUTH, Minn. (Nov. 21) — The city of Duluth announced Thursday that a special selection committee has determined its finalist for Duluth’s next two-year tourism marketing contract. The top-scoring finalist will be announced at a committee of the whole meeting on Dec. 5 before the council makes a vote to deny or approve during the council meeting Dec. 9. The…
A multi-county, multi-week search for Brad, the daring sheep on the run from city to city, came to a safe end Tuesday with one story to tell. Midway Township sighting Monday “Oh God. I don’t even feel like it’s real. I don’t think it’s real, but it is,” said Shana Roberts, a volunteer at the Lake County Humane Society in…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Superior Fire Department is investigating an explosion at a plant on Connor’s Point in Superior Monday night. Doorbell video from a home on Duluth’s Park Point captured multiple bursts of flames around 6:15 p.m. Mayor Jim Paine told FOX 21 that fire crews responded to a grain explosion at the Viterra Grain Elevator at 400 Main…
Midway Township sighting Monday MIDWAY TOWNSHIP, Minn. – The on-the-run Northland sheep known as Brad has been spotted again Monday – this time in Midway Township, just outside of Proctor where he was spotted on Sunday. Midway Township sighting Monday The Midway Township homeowners are in contact with Shana Roberts who works at the Two Harbors animal shelter and is…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – FOX 21 learned Monday that a decades-long manufacturing facility in Superior is shutting down. Barko Hydraulics is located on Banks Avenue. Employees found out Monday morning by mail that they are to not return to the office and are terminated Dec. 1. Barko President Justin Rupar said in the letter to employees that Superior’s operations are being…
DULUTH, Minn. — Our friends at FOX 9 in Minneapolis had some fun today talking about Brad, the missing sheep, that’s been on the run for at least two weeks now — from Two Harbors to Proctor. Click the video below to watch the segment with Anchor Amy Hockert and Senior Producer Amber Milner. Click here to watch FOX 21’s…
DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth mother is remembering her son, Tyriq Gordon, 19, who died over the weekend after his beloved Audi left West Skyline Parkway in what authorities believe was a high-speed accident. Tyriq celebrates 19th birthday Tyriq planned to celebrate his 20th birthday on Nov. 22. The one-vehicle accident happened around 1:15 a.m. Saturday on the 5-thousand block…
A missing sheep named Brad continues to be on the run in the Northland. 21st Avenue E. and Superior Street It was spotted in Proctor on Sunday, but rescue crews and the police were not able to catch him. Brad was also spotted in Hermantown and Duluth recently, including at 21st Avenue East and London Road. The sheep was first…
DULUTH, Minn. – A taste of New York is coming to downtown Duluth. The Rocket Deli is under construction right now at the corner of East Superior Street and 2nd Avenue, in the former T-Icy Roll location and next to Blacklist Brewery. The windows were covered Wednesday with the deli’s menu, which includes Rueben, Italian and pastrami sandwiches, along with…
E-mailed bomb threats have targeted more than half of Minnesota’s election offices since Nov. 8. St. Louis county has not been targeted, though, according to a county spokesperson Tuesday night. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following statement: “Threats of violence against election workers, aimed at disrupting our democracy, are absolutely unacceptable. Although election day is over, election…
DULUTH, Minn. — After three violent and random home invasions in Duluth last week, the suspect is now charged. Jeffery Scott Montana, 48, who also goes by the last name of Undahl, lives in the Gateway Tower on West Superior Street. Montana is accused of forcing himself into three homes between Nov. 4 and 6 – one in the 200…
DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a 2023 home invasion and double-stabbing. Tristan Jade St. Clair, 24, broke into a residence in the 1200 block of West Arrowhead Road before he stabbed one victim in the chest and stabbed another victim at least 15 times in the chest, neck and face,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A Superior police officer is no longer on the force after Douglas County District Attorney Mark Fruehauf discovered the officer may have intentionally lied on a police report to raise a suspect’s charges to a felony. As FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports, Fruehauf has been forced to dismiss 40 criminal cases because of credibility concerns involving the…
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A man had to be extricated from his vehicle Sunday morning after rolling it in Portage Township. A passerby located the vehicle in a ditch around 11:40 a.m. in the 5900 block of Crane Lake Road, which is in St. Louis County. The 55-year-old driver from Crane Lake was flown to a hospital with serious, but…
A significant search effort is underway in Itasca County for a missing man. The Itasca County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Caleb Bolin, 40, of St. Cloud. Bolin is a military veteran who was last seen leaving work in St. Cloud on Aug. 6. Crews have been searching on the ground, by drone and by dive teams. With the…
CLOQUET, Minn. — Cloquet police are investigating after a man was found dead in a tent. The body was discovered Oct. 18 between 218 TapHouse and a residence. The man is identified as Timothy Morse, 64, of Grand Marais. Police believe his body was in the tent for at least a month. Foul play is not suspected. Officials say the…
Randy Bolen, former mayor of Two Harbors, has died. Bolen, 48, died Oct. 22 with his parents by his side. His cause of death has not been published. According to his family, Bolen filled his life with service to his community, he was a part of the Two Harbors City Council, worked as an engineer for the Canadian National Railroad…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert was on the FOX 21 morning show Tuesday to talk about his 10 months on the job. Click the videos below to hear the wide-ranging conversation of topics and issues. Part 1: Part 2: Categories: Coffee Conversation, Community, Minnesota, News, News – Latest News, Political, Public Safety
DULUTH, Minn. — St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay was on the morning show Tuesday to talk about his nearly two years on the job, including what changes he believes needs to happen at the state capitol to make it easier to recruit talent. Part 1: Part 2: Categories: Coffee Conversation, Crime, Minnesota, News, News – Latest News, Political,…
Another critical connection around the Blatnik Bridge is getting close to re-opening to traffic. The Minnesota Department of Transportation told FOX 21 that a newly constructed section of Garfield Avenue is expected to reopen Nov. 11. This means drivers will be able to exit the Blatnik by taking Garfield Avenue and other access points with the port area and near…
DULUTH, Minn. — It’s been exactly one year since Duluth city councilors said they were blindsided by a $1 million emergency line of credit request from the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). But on Tuesday, the DECC board publicly celebrated that not a dime of the line of credit had been touched, and new revenue is up. Board President Peter…
DULUTH, Minn. — While one death is too many, Duluth’s top cop is hoping the city is finally turning the corner on the opioid crisis after a record number of overdoses and deaths in 2023. “I’m cautiously optimistic that our numbers are starting to trend in the right direction, and I think it is a significant reduction from this time,…
Vandals have struck again at the Piedmont Soccer Organization facilities, and the non-profit needs your financial help to get back up and running. The soccer shed’s overhead door has been damaged to the point it needs to be replaced. A bench was also busted up. Kiki Watts, the association’s president said, the spray paint on the shed’s door was from…
BROOKSTON, Minn. — The body of a woman missing for days in the Brookston area was located Thursday. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said Nori Pribble, 51, was found dead in a wooded area off a logging road just south of the 8800 block McCamus Road in Brookston. Pribble went missing around 11 p.m. Sunday. Investigators do not suspect…
A Gilbert man convicted in the 2013 overdose death of his girlfriend is headed back to prison for 13 years involving the overdose deaths of two people. Bryan Joseph Hodapp, 37, got his sentence Thursday in United States Dist. Court of Minneapolis for “conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.” The sentencing stems from the 2022 overdose deaths of two men in Biwabik…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Superior police have confirmed bones discovered at a construction site Tuesday morning are from an animal, not a human. Police got the call around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of North 5th Street. Superior police said workers were conducting excavation when they discovered bones six feet below ground. A superior police detective collected several of…
The city of Duluth’s chief administrative officer, David Montgomery, provided an update Monday night on the internal investigation involving Mayor Roger Reinert’s girlfriend and former campaign manager directly handling city business since he took office in January. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Montgomery said the internal review by the City Attorney’s Office has been completed. But for full transparency purposes,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Superior Mayor Jim Paine believes the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center, or NTEC, is officially not going to be built along the Nemadji River. But Minnesota Power says that is not the case. Paine’s conclusion comes after Minnesota Power and its NTEC partner, Dairyland Power, recently withdrew their air permit to build the natural gas-powered plant near…
TAMPA BAY, FL – Power crews from the Twin Ports have arrived in Tampa Bay, Florida to help restore hundreds of thousands of people still without power. Twenty workers from Minnesota Power and Superior Water Light & Power arrived in Florida Friday. 300,000 customers with Tampa Bay Electric are still without power, according to a spokesperson with Minnesota Power. The…
CALUMET, Minn. – Three suspects have been charged in a double shooting in Itasca County. Daniel Brusacoram, 31, of Talmoon, Minnesota, is facing three felony charges, including second-degree attempted murder. Court documents said he shot a female and her brother multiple times. The other two suspects are identified as Jessica Schinzing, 46, of Grand Rapids, and Isabelle Smith, 23, of…
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — An area of the Moose Lake Correctional Facility was put on lockdown Thursday after staff members came in contact with a powdery substance, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections. The incident happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Officials said staff members were conducting a room search when they were exposed to the substance that…
Duluth, Minn. — The man accused of attacking an elderly man with a hammer at a Duluth grocery store has been ruled incompetent to stand trial at this time. 43-year-old Lance Tolbert is facing a first-degree murder attempt charge. But Dr. Emma Welch, a psychologist, met with Tolbert and concluded, “He lacked insight into the nature of his incarceration or…
DULUTH, Minn. — A one-million-dollars bail has been set for a Superior man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend over the weekend. Aaron Johnson, 30, is facing three felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide. According to court documents, the ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend were in her garage Sunday around 9:20 p.m. on the 2400 block of Ogden Avenue when Johnson…
It’s been nearly 30 years since ABBA last went on tour. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the band’s famous songs through a premiere tribute band! Mania – The ABBA Tribute is back at the DECC Symphony Hall Oct. 16. It’s a two-hour recreation of one of ABBA’s most memorable concerts, bringing to life all of the band’s greatest…
