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Mayo Clinic Now Offers Gender Reassignment Surgery

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Mayo Clinic says its surgeons have performed the first gender reassignment surgery in Rochester. Doctors helped Michael Keller of Rochester transition to Marisa Ann Bella in a nearly six-hour procedure. The 1980 Rochester Lourdes graduate was…

Fitbit Names Duluth No. 1 Fittest City in America

DULUTH, Minn. - Fitbit has named Duluth, Minnesota as the fittest city in America. After looking at aggregated user data such as daily steps, active minutes, resting heart rate, and sleep duration,…

New X-Ray Lab Helps Enhance Animal Health

DULUTH, Minn. - Staff at the Lake Superior Zoo spent their Monday morning working with new equipment donated to them. The Zoo’s Burmese Python, Monty, was lucky number one to receive routine…

LISC Celebration Held in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn.-The Duluth Branch of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation held its annual celebration today. LISC gathered together numerous business and public officials to talk about the future of Duluth. Subjects discussed including…

Runners Race to "Save Our Hooterz"

CLOQUET, Minn. - Runners raced through Cloquet to raise funds for breast cancer research at the 10th annual Save Our Hooterz Fun Run. The event helps pay for four women to…

Iron River Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday

IRON RIVER, Wis. - Dorothy Kangas celebrated her 100th birthday today. She was a teacher in Northern Wisconsin for 32 years. Today, hundreds of friends, family, and former students wished her well on…

Measles Outbreak in Minnesota

DULUTH, Minn.- Minnesota is seeing the state's biggest measles outbreak since 1990. As of Thursday, 44 cases of the measles had been confirmed statewide. There have been no confirmed cases of…

4-Year-Old Dies From Methadone Overdose in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) - The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed a 4-year-old boy has died from a methadone overdose. Tyranne Beckless is the seventh child in Milwaukee County under the age of 5 to die of an opioid…

Tick-borne Powassan Virus Confirmed in 6 Minnesota Counties

(KQDS) - A tick-borne disease, Powassan, has been confirmed in six Minnesota counties so far this year, including Pine, Anoka, Cass, Clearwater, Houston, and Morrison, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Since 2008, there have been 22 reported cases…

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