SUPERIOR, WIS. – 18 K-9 teams from eight northland law enforcement agencies are showing off their skills up close and personal for the community. Operation K-9 was held at the Wessman Arena in Superior, where the K-9 teams performed demonstrations showcasing the skills and professional bond of the K-9s and their handlers. Law enforcement officers allowed locals to meet the…
DULUTH, Min. – Derrick Vincent Weatherly has been sentences to 86 months in prison for Third Degree Murder. He was convicted in the overdose death of Christopher Michael Sauve. An autopsy revealed that Sauve’s death was caused by fentanyl toxicity. Law enforcement discovered Weatherly sold the drugs to Sauve that ultimately caused his death. In his obituary Sauve’s family wrote, “Our…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth Huskies Pitcher Nick Terhaar is getting ready for playing baseball in college for Iowa, but he’s leaving behind a bit of his legacy in the form of a special signed jersey. The jersey is Star Wars themed, from a special night heading into the playoffs, and it was auctioned off for the St. Luke’s Foundation. Terhaar’s…
DULUTH, Minn. — Local housing leaders and advocates got together to discuss housing and the impact potential federal budget cuts could have in Minnesota. There are two proposals for the Federal Housing and Urban Development budget for 2026. The U.S. House proposal includes cutting the budget by $939 million, which would further strain systems already struggling to meet the…
SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: Wisconsin State Patrol is reminding drivers to make responsible choices as their annual campaign for sober driving kicks off again in late August 2025. Intoxication isn’t just alcohol, THC can still impair your ability to drive. Plan a sober ride. Either through public transit, taxi, rideshare, or a sober friend….
DULUTH, Min. – The London Road Business Blood Drive is taking place Thursday, August 28th. CLICK HERE to sign-up to donate. It’s more necessary than ever with blood shortages around our area. Any one can donate – you don’t have to live or work on London Road. The state’s blood supply has dropped below a 2-day inventory, far below…
LAKE VERMILION, Min. – An 80-year-old woman from Saint Paul passed away at Lake Vermilion on August 13th, 2025. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office Logo (Gordon Ramsay) The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call just around 6pm saying Marit Smaby, 80, of Sanit Paul was found unresponsive in Lake Vermilion. Family members were performing CPR on her. She…
CLOQUET, Minn. — Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College held its grand reopening of its nursing facilities after an extensive renovation on Aug. 13, this coming just in time for students to return to school this Fall. While other schools continue to see enrollment dropping, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is welcoming an even larger crop of…
DULUTH, Minn. — Bayfront Festival Park will come alive with creativity this weekend as Art in Bayfront Park returns to the Duluth lakefront. Event Director Sara Collins joined Fox 21 live on the morning show Thursday, Aug. 14, to talk more about it. The free festival features more than 100 artists showcasing juried works, including jewelry, paintings, photography, ceramics, metalwork,…
DULUTH, Minn. – Visit Duluth, once the city’s sole tourism marketing organization for 85 years, is one step closer to gaining back full control like it had for decades. Visit Duluth has tapped Haley Hedstrom as its new executive director. She was chosen out of 50 applicants for the critical marketing job for the city. Earlier this year, the city…
DULUTH, Minn. — Kids got to learn about the life of first responders today at Bayfront Festival Park. The Duluth Police Department hosted its annual Kids, Cops and Cars event to showcase the vehicles on the force. Kids got to explore squad cars and see other law enforcement equipment, including drones and robots. The event acts as a way to…
PROCTOR, Minn. — The Hoghead Festival in Proctor has kicked off for its 50th year of celebration. The fest started as a way to honor and remember Proctors railroad history. As events start to ramp up for the 50th anniversary, a car show was held at Powerhouse Bar. The car show has been a longstanding tradition during the festival, with…
DULUTH, Minn. & TWO HARBORS, Minn. — August 13ths primaries narrowed the pools of candidates for seats on City Councils and School boards. For the Duluth Council Member At Large (Elect 2): Terese Tomanek had the most votes at 3,192 (34.25%) Jordon Johnson came next with 2,468 (26.48%) Derek Medved fell a fairly close third with 2,129 (22.84%) Asher Estrin-Haire…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins are no longer for sale after a 10-month exploratory process, according to executive chair Joe Pohlad. Pohlad announced that his family will remain the principal owner and add two new investment groups instead. His grandfather, Carl Pohlad, bought the Twins in 1984. Pohlad in his announcement said the family was “fully open to all…
OUTING, Minn. — Shortly before 3am on August 13th, Cass County sheriffs office received reports of a structure fire on Shady Lane NE, in Outing Minnesota. Responders arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. While working to extinguish the fire they found the remains of two deceased victims. Their identities have not been released. Autopsies will be scheduled with…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – You will be able to see the Green Bay Packers play the Indianapolis Colts on FOX21. On August 16, 2025 our pregame coverage will start at 11:30am. At 11:30am it’s The Packers Pregame Show. Analysts will preview the upcoming game for the Green Bay Packers, going over the key players to watch and the latest injury report…
SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Traffic was delayed in Superior after a towable camper flipped August 12th. The accident happened on Tower Ave in Superior, near the Richard I. Bong Airport, as a sedan made contact with the camper, causing it to roll. On investigation, it was determined that the driver of the sedan was in possession of a “suspected controlled substance”,…
SUPERIOR, Wisc. — An early morning fire caused significant damage to a home in the 900 block of Cedar Avenue on August 12th. Fire crews responded around 2 a.m. to find the front porch heavily engulfed. Firefighters contained the flames to the front of the house. The resident got out without injury but the home had significant damage. The Red…
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. –In Grand Marais, cyclists are shifting gears to a unique form of biking. Superior Cycling Association has opened a bike park for people of all ages and skill levels. The currently seasonal park was constructed in the Cook County community skating rink, with plans to move to a new year-round home in the future. The park has…
SUPERIOR, WIS. – K-9 teams from across the Northland are practicing for the 11th annual Operation K-9 event. The Northland K-9 Foundation hosts free demonstrations, with all proceeds benefiting the foundation, which supports the purchase of new K-9s and equipment for the K-9 units in our area. Thursday’s Operation K-9 will showcase the skills of K-9 law enforcement teams from…
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COOK COUNTY, Minn. — A body was pulled from Lake Superior near a resort in Lutsen on Tuesday, according to WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Courtesy: Kalli Hawkins, WTIP News Director The call for help came in around 3:30 p.m. about a body floating about 20 to 30 feet from shore near Solbakken Resort, according to WTIP. Law enforcement and…
SHANNON LAKE, Minn. – A body was recovered Tuesday from Shannon Lake after emergency crews responded to a water emergency, according to a law enforcement official. The victim was identified Tuesday evening as Louis Vajdl, 76, of Chisholm. Shannon Lake is about seven miles northwest of Chisholm in St. Louis County. The call for help came in around 3:45 p.m….
Stock photo of High Falls (DNR) SILVER BAY, Minn. – A man who drowned after jumping off the High Falls in Tettegouche State Park Monday has been identified. He is Gregory Corniea, 54, of Edina. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said it appeared the victim hit his head on rocks near the base of the falls. The accident happened around…
SOLWAY TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two dogs died in a house fire in Solway Township Tuesday. The call for help came in around 1 p.m. in the 3900-block of Crosby Road. The house was burning out of control when firefighters arrived. Nobody was home at the time, other than the two dogs that died. A cause of the fire is being…
Trauma Team at Fairview Range medical center HIBBING, Minn. — Fairview Range Medical Center is now a level 4 trauma center. The designation was earned after an intensive process to become part of the Statewide Trauma system. That process included an outside review of the hospital’s resources and capabilities. In joining the trauma system, Fairview Range can decrease the time…
DULUTH, Minn. — 8 Minnesotan communities have been awarded grants for contamination clean-up. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced over 1.6 million in grant money to tackle contaminated sites. The grants will support the investigation and clean up of over 184 acres of contaminated land. Many of the individual projects will support the creation of jobs and…
SUPERIOR, Wisc. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning residents of text and email scams. These scams are aiming to get money and personal information from their targets. Some of the ways to identify the scams include: out of state area codes, Identifying as Department of Motor Vehicles, instead of Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s official Division of Motor Vehicles…
DULUTH, MINN- Jeremy Dickson is a man of many hats. He’s a retired volunteer firefighter, a local filmmaker, but you may know him as a Twin Ports Ghostbuster. Better known as the man behind the wheel of the Ectomobile. It all started with his love for the 80s movie, Ghostbusters; starring Bill Murry. Dickson says, Ghostbusters was the first movie…
DULUTH, Minn. — A family in Duluth experienced something they likely will never experience again. They spotted a baby loon stuck on the side of the road. Knowing loons can’t take off without a runway of water, Stephanie Nixon and her family scooped the little guy up with a towel and brought it to the shoreline of Schultz Lake. The…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth City Council unanimously voted in Deborah DeLuca to be the new temporary Second District Councilor. DeLuca, recently retired from the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, decided to apply for the position of Second District Councilor. She initially went up against four other applicants during the first round of interviews, where she was voted as the councilor’s…
Stock photo of High Falls (DNR) SILVER BAY, Minn. — A water emergency at Tettegouche State Park on Monday ended with a 54-year-old man dead. The call for help came in around 11:30 a.m. The caller reported a man had jumped off the High Falls but did not resurface, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Multiple agencies responded, including…
SUPERIOR, Wis.– There is an urgent and ongoing search for Corrine Johansen, a 40-year-old mother in Superior who went missing nearly a week ago. Johansen’s daughter, Chloe, is leading the search efforts. Over the weekend, family and friends helped search in areas Johansen visits often, like the Superior Dog Park and Wisconsin Point. Corrine and her friend Joanie Matson “I…
DULUTH, Minn. — FOX 21 has learned of a nearly $2 million price tag to repair a section of I-35 in Duluth that officials say was caused by a homeless encampment fire. The bridge work is just south of the Heritage Sports Center on I-35, according to MnDOT. The encampment fire happened in September 2024. An inspection found “enough damage…
Flooding through the streets of Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (CBS58 (WDJT) via AP) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways. Organizers of the Wisconsin…
DULUTH, Minn.– For 36 years now, Blues Fest has rocked the Bayfront. And no matter what the weather is, that has never stopped the dedicated fans. “I mean, we’ve been coming for 20 years. And we’ve been baked, we’ve been frozen, we’ve been drenched, we’ve done it all,” explained Phil Vanschepen, a longtime Blues Fest Attendee. Overtime, it’s grown quite…
DULUTH, Minn. –Back in March Wrecktangle Pizza, an award winning pizza chain from the Twin Cities, announced it will be opening a Duluth location. Now, after months of anticipation, the pizzeria will be opening inside Wild State Cider. “We’ve been sort of open a little bit under the radar for the last week. You know, people have been showing out,…
CARLTON, Minn. — For 12 years, Swiftwater Adventures in Carlton has been helping people cross an item off their bucket list. “We offer white water rafting trips on two different sections of the St Louis River,” Brian Pfeifer, Co-Owner of Swiftwater Adventures said. After water levels started off low this summer, rain has made for some fun times on the…
DULUTH, MN — A crash involving construction equipment sent two people to the hospital Thursday afternoon. According to Duluth Police, it happened around 4:48 p.m. in the 600 North Block of 6th Avenue East. The DPD says a small piece of construction equipment was crossing the avenue when it collided with a northbound vehicle. The slow-moving impact caused the vehicle…
DULUTH, Minn. – The number four has made history at Essentia St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth in the form of quadruplets. The hospital hasn’t delivered a family of four in more than 20 years. Parents, Gabby and Bobbijean Gidley from Superior welcomed three girls and one boy on July 28. The babies were born three weeks early and are in…
Submitted DULUTH, Minn. – Firefighters responded to a one-vehicle rollover in Duluth Thursday. The accident happened on 6th Avenue East and 6th Street, which is an area with heavy construction right now. FOX 21 has reached out to the Duluth Police Department to find out a cause and if anybody was injured. Categories: Minnesota, News, News – Latest News, Public…
Ashland Fire Dept. ASHLAND, Wis. — Firefighters in Ashland rescued people out on a windy Chequamegon Bay Thursday. Fire officials said wind and a deflating raft got the 13-year-old girl and her grandmother stuck about 400 yards from shore. The winds were so bad that the nearby Solstice Outdoors was not renting kayaks for the day. Firefighters used a resident’s…
CARLTON, Minn.– For the second year, golfers sank their claws and clubs on the green for the ‘Dare to Go Bear’ golf scramble. 23 different teams played today at the Black Bear Casino and Resort to support the Lake Superior Zoo. Golfers got to sink their claws into a competitive game of golf, as well as a silent auction. This…
Guadalupe Lopez ST. PAUL, Min. – Guadalupe Lopez is the new director of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Office. She began July 30. Lopez brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking and the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives to the MMIR Office….
DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth man is running across the US to raise awareness for addiction and recovery. Mefree Lee began drinking at the age of 16, by 30, he was an alcoholic, struggling with his addiction until he got to the Adult and Teen Challenge Center in Duluth, here everything changed. “I started running again. I had running…
Dugs Sized in Chicago-to-DuluthFentanyl Trafficking Scheme DULUTH, Min. & ST. PAUL, Min. – A federal jury found defendant Carl Maurice Brown 32, guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Brown was part of what the federal government called a “Massive Chicago-to-Duluth Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme”. The Department of Justice says from December 2021 to…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court. Melissa Hortman Vance Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted July 15 on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Cloudy conditions and poor air quality couldn’t put a damper on UW-Superior’s latest community event. The college hosted their “Paddle and Pause” event recently on Woodstock Bay in Superior on Aug. 5, welcoming members of the local community to a day of mindfulness on the water. While the multi-department event was targeted at the senior community of…
