Join FOX 21’s Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Categories: Community, News, News – Latest News, News Update Tags: Brett Scott, community, Headlines, Ken Slama, Local News, midday update, News
(AP) – No. 9 Wisconsin has canceled its game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst tested positive for COVID-19. School officials said Wednesday that athletic director Barry Alvarez and Chancellor Rebecca Blank made the decision in consultation with Big Ten officials….
(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An environmental group is asking Minnesota utility regulators to investigate Enbridge’s additions to its existing oil pipeline capacity which could make the company’s controversial new $2.6 billion pipeline unnecessary. A filing by the Indigenous organization Honor the Earth with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission says Enbridge made no mention of its…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota health officials reported 139,444 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state Wednesday morning and 19 new deaths bringing the death total to 2,387 in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Department of Health website, 2,739,997 tests have been completed to date. There are 123,529 patients who no longer require isolation. So far, 9,855 patients have required hospitalization…
(FOX 9) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota announced the indictment of 60 people accused of defrauding tens of thousands of mostly elderly victims out of $200 million in fraudulent magazine subscriptions. According to court documents obtained by FOX 9, the nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme targeted tens of thousands of elderly and other vulnerable people across the country. It was thwarted…
DULUTH, Minn. – Throughout the pandemic, countless local businesses have been dealt with many struggles, however, for one small business owner, sales are soaring as Northlanders are adopting and spending more time with their four-legged furry friends. “It’s all about the pets this year. It’s all about puppies, kittens, adoptions; we’ve sold more kitten food in the last three months…
DULUTH, Minn. – From the classroom to the farm UMD’s land lab is wrapping up its season. The project originally started in 2009, and although this year has been different for faculty and students it provided them with some unique opportunities for growth. Just off of Jean Duluth Road you’ll find UMD’s lab farm. It’s an outdoor classroom providing students…
Join FOX 21’s Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Categories: Community, News, News – Latest News, News Update Tags: Brett Scott, community, Headlines, Ken Slama, Local News, morning update, News
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Dells man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving is facing his 12th charge for drunken driving. Walter Decorah, 51, made his initial appearance Tuesday in Sauk County Circuit Court. Judge Patricia Barrett set bail at $15,000 cash, the Baraboo News Republic reported. Authorities say Decorah was arrested for falling asleep behind the steering wheel at…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota Republican candidate’s bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February after the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals court that oversees Minnesota, denied the request from Tyler Kistner. Kistner is running against Democrat Angie Craig, the…
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin hit a grim COVID-19 record for deaths recorded in a single day along with a new high number of cases. Governor Tony Evers had strong words for the Wisconsinites who are not taking the virus seriously. From the start of the pandemic, it took Wisconsin 7 months to hit 100,000 cases, but after that, it only…
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. – Traffic engineers with St. Louis County presented a potential plan to make a dangerous Mountain Iron intersection along Highway 169 safer. The intersection is at the cross of US 169 and Spirit Lake Road. This spot has seen 10 intersection-related crashes in a ten-year period including one accident where two people died. Engineers are proposing a…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth’s Great Lakes Aquarium got spooky for the annual “Scarium at the Aquarium” on Tuesday. Kids and their parents were all dressed up to check out the different animal habitats which were also decked out for Halloween. There was, of course, free goodies to take home too. This year’s event is spread out over three days because…
DULUTH, Minn. – Neighborhood Youth Services is putting together a free COVID friendly “Trunk-or-Treating” event this Halloween for kids throughout Duluth. More than 30 businesses and organizations are sponsoring the event and will pop their trunks in the Lake City parking lot in Canal Park on Saturday from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. The trunks will be full of candy,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Election day is one week away, but the City of Superior is running short on enough poll workers. As this year’s election may result in a record-breaking turnout, the city is hoping to fill about two dozen spots to help out throughout the rest of early voting and on election day. Superior Mayor Jim Paine says the…
DULUTH, Minn. – The pandemic is continuing to put a strain on restaurant capacities, but low temperatures across the northland are making it harder to offer outdoor seating. As a result, the demand for patio heaters and fire pits has drastically increased. Restaurant owners are doing the most they can to overcome the hurdle of limited indoor capacities. Patio seating…
WISCONSIN – With the election day just around the corner, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is making sure that voters are counted without interference. Election officials want to reassure voters that the vote count process is done in a fair and orderly manner. Things like voter intimidation are a crime and anyone who attempts to or threatens the use of…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – After months of conversation, the BNSF railway will resume payments to those in the Allouez community to help clean up the accumulating taconite dust. Homeowners had previously been getting a yearly check to help clean the dust off of their homes that came from the nearby taconite facility but the process was unexpectedly upended. However, the company…
(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is pleading with Wisconsin residents to voluntarily stay home and limit their interactions amid new statewide daily records for confirmed coronavirus infections and deaths. State health officials reported 5,262 cases on Tuesday. They also reported that the virus was a factor in 64 additional deaths, another…
(FOX 9) – The state of Wisconsin shattered its records for both new COVID-19 cases and new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. According to new state data from the Department of Health Services, 5,262 new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday. It was the first time the state has reported more than 5,000 new cases in a single day and beat the previous record from…
BAYFIELD COUNTY, Wis. – On Tuesday, the Bayfield County Health Department announced a second death of a county resident due to COVID-19. As of Tuesday afternoon, Bayfield county reported 225 confirmed cases of covid an increase of 4 cases from the day before. “We are saddened by the loss of one of our community members and our prayers are with…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans who oppose Minnesota’s seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots beyond Election Day say that unless it is blocked, thousands of people whose ballots arrive after Nov. 3 will risk having their votes disqualified. But attorneys for Democratic Secretary of State Steve Simon argue that it’s too close to Election Day to make changes. Nearly 2 million…
Join FOX 21’s Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Categories: Community, News, News – Latest News, News Update Tags: Brett Scott, community, Ken Slama, Local News, midday update, News
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota health officials reported 137,536 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state Tuesday morning and 15 new deaths bringing the death total to 2,368 in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Department of Health website, 2,724,320 tests have been completed to date. There are 122,100 patients who no longer require isolation. So far, 9,729 patients have required hospitalization…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day. In a 5-3 order, the justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the election. A federal appeals…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The October snowfall has temporarily stalled Minnesota’s fall harvest. Combines are quiet and corn is in limbo for now as farmers wait for dry, warmer temperatures. University of Minnesota Extension crop scientist Tom Hoverstad says that in his 40 years of work he doesn’t remember a fall like this where farmers are waiting for the snow to…
Join FOX 21’s Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Categories: Community, News, News – Latest News, News Update Tags: Brett Scott, community, Ken Slama, Local News, morning update
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett’s first votes on the Supreme Court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her. The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan district attorney from acquiring his tax returns as well as appeals from the Trump campaign and Republicans to shorten the deadline for receiving…
DULUTH, Minn.- The early blasts of cold and snow have had deer hunters in the Northland gearing up for the upcoming rifle season. The owner of Chalstrom’s Bait and Tackle on Rice Lake Road in Duluth said there’s been a 20% increase in sales already compared to this time last year. Fishing and archery season have been busy, but now…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Lincoln Park Neighborhood’s only solar garden is now officially in operation. Non-profit Ecolibrium 3 made the unveiling Saturday on Michigan Street right along I-35. The sustainable energy garden is powering the Duluth Veterans Place, which is a transitional housing project by the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MAC-V). Duluth Veterans Place planned to have solar panels themselves,…
DULUTH, Minn.- A different type of rally Monday filled the lawns outside Duluth City Hall with tents symbolizing the homeless population, which advocates hope speak louder than words or signs. “I want city council and the mayor and all of city government to look at these tents out here and realize that these tents represent just a fraction of the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz says Minnesota is facing a goalline stand of sorts with COVID-19 as case numbers continue to rise in and outside the state. Gov. Walz is pleading with people to avoid large gatherings, like campaign rallies, and even family functions especially where people aren’t wearing a mask or social distancing. He says the next…
HIBBING, Minn. – The Northland greeting for Vice President Mike Pence was not all positive on Monday. A couple dozen protestors were outside the Range Regional Airport gates protesting his campaign stop on behalf of President Trump. The Northland has become no stranger to presidential campaign visits. Monday’s Pence appearance means six total visits by the Biden and Trump campaigns…
DULUTH, Minn.– Techstars on Woodland Ave in Duluth is known for repairing computers, gaming consoles, and cell phones. After a donation of computers from a local gas station, the shop now hopes to use something old to make something new in the form of LAN games. Techstars has set up four LAN gaming stations in their shop. Offering a way…
HIBBING, Minn. – In the final days leading up to the presidential election, Vice President Mike Pence made another visit to the Northland on Monday for a “Make America Great Again” rally. This is the second time the Vice President made a campaign stop in northern Minnesota. During this latest visit, he makes a push to hopefully bring the Trump…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens a new era of rulings…
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence has met a few hundred supporters on an airport tarmac for a campaign rally in northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Most in the crowd on Monday were not wearing masks or social distancing as the vice president gave his remarks in the freezing weather. The vice president made the campaign stop in Minnesota…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – It’s the fourth year of a unique month-long sock drive in Superior. Any kind of socks is requested for Socktoberfest, whether it be dress socks, children’s socks or tube socks. The sock drive is bringing in items for places like Harbor House Crisis Shelters, Ruth House and Solid Rock Mission. Last year, Socktoberfest brought in about 2,500…
DULUTH, Minn. – One local big box store was recognized for being a model to other employers, specifically when it comes to employing those with different abilities. The Target store on Miller Trunk Highway was awarded as an outstanding employer of people with disabilities. The store was nominated by Trilium Works!, which is an employment services agency in Duluth. “Being…
DULUTH, Minn. – This is the first time the library has been open since March, letting people into the building to access the internet. The computer center allows for 10 people at the center at one time in order to give people their distance and to make it as safe as possible for those in the community. “Getting access to…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Furloughs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue for the first six months of 2021 to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But Chancellor Rebecca Blank offered hope for next year, telling employees on Monday that “we expect to avoid the sort of dramatic cuts that many feared.” Blank told more than 21,000 faculty, staff,…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin health officials reported Monday that more than 200,000 people have contracted the coronavirus since the pandemic began in March, a disturbing milestone as the virus continues to surge unabated across the state. The Department of Health Services reported 2,883, newly confirmed cases on Monday. While that’s the lowest daily tally since Oct. 11, it still…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis of Minnesota said Monday that his emergency surgery for a severe internal hernia was a success. The campaign had said the condition could have been life-threatening if not treated quickly, But campaign manager Tom Szymanski said in a statement that his surgery was “successful and minimally invasive.” He…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are both scheduled to make separate appearances this week in Wisconsin, just days before the Nov. 3 election. Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in West Salem, just outside of La Crosse, on Tuesday, one week before the Nov. 3 election. That comes after Trump held a…
Join FOX 21’s Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Categories: Community, News, News – Latest News, News Update Tags: Brett Scott, community, Headlines, Ken Slama, Local News, midday update, News
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis has been rushed into emergency surgery for a severe internal hernia. The Lewis campaign said in a statement Monday that the condition is life-threatening if not treated quickly. Campaign manager Tom Szymanski said in the statement that Lewis experienced severe abdominal pain early Monday morning and was taken to an…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota health officials reported 135,372 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state Monday morning and 4 new deaths bringing the death total to 2,353 in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota Department of Health website, 2,710,177 tests have been completed to date. There are 120,421 patients who no longer require isolation. So far, 9,588 patients have required hospitalization…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite an apparent outbreak of the coronavirus among his senior aides, the White House says. Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, and “a couple of key staff surrounding the vice president” have tested positive for the virus, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows…
DULUTH, Minn. – Having a safe and healthy Halloween will have a whole new meaning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Cherne deals with dietitian, clinical nutrition, and diabetes care at St. Luke’s in Duluth. She’s urging Northlanders to err on the side of caution to keep yourself and loved ones safe this holiday season. This comes as the CDC is…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An effort to recall Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over his response to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus has failed, the recall’s organizer told supporters on Monday. Misty Polewczynski, of Burlington, posted on the “Recall Evers Petition” Facebook page on Monday that not enough signatures were collected. She did not say how close the group…
