Author: KQDS Staff

Counterfeit Barbies Seized at US-Canada Border

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (KMSP) – Border patrol officers seized more than 3,000 counterfeit Barbie dolls at the United States-Canada border in International Falls, Minnesota last month. The dolls, piratical copies of Mattel’s CEO Barbie, were found in a rail container headed for the point-of-entry in Ranier, Minnesota in August. The counterfeit merchandise had a suggested…

Duluth Duplex Fire Under Investigation

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth fire marshal is investigating an overnight fire at a vacant two-story duplex that left behind at least $35,000 in damage. Officials say the flames broke out around 4 a.m. Easter morning on the 200-block of East 3rd Street. Twenty firefighters responded and remained on scene for three hours. The cause of the fire was not…