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Ice Rinks Being Flooded

Rinks at Lafayette, Merritt, and Norton parks being flooded

DULUTH, Minn. Ice rinks are being flooded across the city of Duluth. Crews are now working to flood outdoor rinks At Lafayette, Merritt, And Norton Parks. Rinks will continue to be flooded throughout the week and the city hopes to have skating ice at some parks by the weekend. Work will begin next week to flood the rink at Bayfront…

Pawn America Donates Christmas Gifts to Troops

Volunteers Stuff Boxes Full of Video Games and Movies for Troops

DULUTH, Minn. – Pawn America is donating over 500 movies and video games to some of the men and women serving far away who cannot make it home for the holidays. Today, family members and local troops volunteered their time stuffing boxes full of Christmas goodies that will be going to the 312th Army Reserve Engineer Company. This unit is…

Vigil Honors Sandy Hook Victims

Northlanders gather to remember and honor victims of 2012 massacre

DULUTH, Minn. Four years ago, 20 children and six staff members lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Here in Duluth, people gathered to honor the victims of the shooting. it’s been 4 years since the sandy hook massacre. The victims are being remembered all over the country, including at the First Lutheran Church in Duluth….

Deadline approaching to mail Christmas packages

DULUTH, Minn. – With Christmas less than two weeks away, it’s time to get packages in the mail if you haven’t already. The Mail Room in Duluth has had people coming in non–stop to get gifts sent off. This is the busiest time of year for the USPS, so they recommend having packages in the mail by this Friday in…

Bayfield Prepares for Winter Tourism

Businesses are Hoping for More Snow

BAYFIELD, Wis. – Peaceful quality time with loved ones was how Conn Mullally wanted to spend his birthday this year, and that’s exactly what he got, strolling through the almost empty streets of Bayfield on a quiet Monday. “We come up very often, all four seasons of the year,” says Cathy Mullalay, Con’s wife. Despite a thunderstorm this summer that…

Theft occurs at active fire investigation in Hibbing

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Hibbing Police Department

HIBBING, Minn. – The Hibbing Fire Department has been in the process of investigation the cause and origin of a basement fire that occurred at 1610 3rd Avenue East in Hibbing, that displaced three families on December 10, 2016. The fire department had not yet released the property back to the property owners and tenants. The tenants were able to…

25-year-old Heroin Dealer Arrested in Duluth

1500 block of East 1st Street

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department and investigators from the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant in the 1500 block of East 1st Street in Duluth, on December 13, 2016. According to the Duluth Police Department, during the execution of the search warrant, investigators located heroin, including 29 pieces of packaged for sale,…

Cold Weather and Snow Prepare Ski Trails for the Season

Many of the trails around town have been groomed and are ready.

Many ski trails have been groomed and are ready for some good skiing, however some wet spots do remain. Skiers are hoping for the cold to stick around and for a few more snowflakes to hit the ground. “This has been such a weird, warm, fall so the ground really didn’t freeze and that made it so when we did…

Stein plans to donate leftover money raised for recounts

Wisconsin completed the recount Monday

MADISON (AP) – Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein says she plans to donate any money left over from the $7.3 million she raised to force recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Stein said Tuesday that the exact costs of the recounts aren’t known yet, but she expects to have money left over. Stein is asking donors to complete an…

Center City Housing and One Roof Community House team up to buy Gateway Tower Apartments

Center City Housing Corporation and One Roof Community Housing have bought the Gateway Tower apartments in Duluth and will begin renovations immediately. Total cost of the project is around $18.5 million. “I can describe it as One Roof does the heavy lifting on the front end in other words they’re more involved in the rehab and once the building is…

Dog Visits UWS Before Finals

Therapy dog in training visits UWS students before next week's finals

SUPERIOR, Wis. – With finals week on the way, students at the University of Wisconsin–Superior had a chance to de-stress today with a visit from a dog. Naddy is a therapy dog in training. She is 9–years–old and this is her fifth time interacting with students at UWS. The University hopes having a dog can help reduce student’s stress while…