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Swamped Kayakers Rescued on Cloquet River

INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – Two female kayakers were rescued by the St. Louis County Volunteer Sheriff’s Rescue Squad on Sunday after their kayaks became swamped on Cloquet River. The women were stranded in a swampy area between the Independence rest area and the Highway 8 bridge. Rescue crews launched a small boat to locate and retrieve the women who were brought…

Dayton Travels to Southwest Minnesota to Assess Weather Damage

A State of Emergency was Declared for 36 Counties

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Gov. Mark Dayton is heading to southwestern Minnesota to assess the damage caused by recent severe weather. The governor will meet Friday will local officials and community members in Slayton, Walnut Grove and Balaton. He’ll be joined on his trip by U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, Sen. Tina Smith, Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson and Emergency Management…

U.S. Coast Guard Searching Lake Michigan for Fisherman

A Helicopter Search Continued Thursday

Update: The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for 38-year-old Mark Wautelet. Units searched a total of 425 square miles in 20 hours. KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for a missing fisherman on Lake Michigan near Kewaunee. Officials are searching Thursday for 38-year-old Mark Wautelet. Officials say Kewaunee Dispatch notified the Coast Guard late…

Driver of Flipped car Pretends he is an Uninvolved Jogger

Police say the man was not Impaired

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Police say a 19-year-old man flipped his car in Madison, Wisconsin, then fled the scene, removed some clothes and pretended to be a jogger unconnected to the wreck. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the unidentified man made a lane change Tuesday evening at the same time as another car. He over corrected, hit the shoulder…

Reward Offered in Slaying of Northern Minnesota man

Authorities Have Made no Arrests

Brian NelsonHIBBING, Minn. (AP) – State authorities are offering a reward for information in the death of a northern Minnesota man killed in his home last year. Sixty-year-old Brian Joseph Nelson was stabbed and found dead in his house behind The Bottle Shop liquor store last July in Hibbing. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Thursday it will pay…

One man in Hospital Following Motorcyle Crash

The Crash Remains Under Investigation

DULUTH, Minn. – One man is in the hospital with injuries following a single bike motorcycle crash on Wednesday. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash at the 3200 block of Highway 169 in Morse Township near Ely at approximately 5:00 p.m. Authorities state Torgeson was driving down the long family driveway when the he crashed his…

Duluth Heights Garage Destroyed in Early Morning Fire

No one was Injured in the Fire

DULUTH, Minn. – Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a detached garage at 302 West Orange Street early Thursday morning. Fire crews were called to the blaze in the Duluth Heights neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. The garage was deemed a total loss, resulting in approximately $80,000 worth of damage including contents inside of the garage. No one was injured…