DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has extended its air quality alert through Tuesday, July 15 for northern Minnesota. Areas around the Northshore and Carlton County will still be in the level considered unhealthy for everyone. That…
DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has extended the air quality alert for northern Minnesota. The alert now runs until 6 p.m. on Monday, July 14,m 2025. The affected area…
DULUTH, Minn. & ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota. The alert runs until 9 a.m.…
SUPERIOR, Wis. -- A mama duck recently hatched ducklings in the courtyard at Essentia Health in Superior. But because it's enclosed, the only way out is to prop open a few doors and let…
DULUTH, Minn. -- Today, July 01, 2025, marks the start of the Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) striking at Essentia. APP's joined the picket lines at the Duluth,…
DULUTH, Minn. -- Acute Care nurses at Essentia have voted to ratify the agreements made last week. Nurses voted on the agreement Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The agreement includes…
DULUTH, Minn.-- Tuesday morning, at multiple locations around the Northland, more than 290 Essentia Health nurses and health care professionals with the Minnesota Nurses' Association are making their voices heard. "Since issuing…
FLOODWOOD, Minn. -- Firefighters in Floodwood remained on the scene Monday after a large fire ignited Friday at a longtime business. …
WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) along with other members of Congress sent a letter to…
DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota Nurses Association and Essentia Health have reached a tentative agreement, averting the strike for acute care nurses in the area. The agreement affects roughly 1,500 Essentia Health hospital nurses at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center,…
DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota Nurses Association has cancelled their proposed Unfair Labor Practice strike against Aspirus St. Luke's as a tentative agreement for a new contract nears. On Thursday, the MNA said "significant movement was made across the bargaining…
DULUTH, Minn. -- St. Louis county leaders put out a warning to residents Wednesday to say President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” – if passed -- would cost the county at least $16 million. As written now, the federal bill…
DULUTH, Minn. - Miller-Dwan Foundation and Essentia Health announced they will be temporarily pausing care at Solvay Hospice House beginning July 8. The announcement was made in response to the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) plan to begin an open-ended strike at…
DULUTH, Minn. - Essentia Health says they received a notice of the Minnesota Nurses Association’s (MNA) intent to strike, starting July 8, 2025. Essentia says the strike notice is open-ended. A news release from Essentia stated, "The notice from the MNA…
DULUTH, Minn. - Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) has announced nurses and other union members will strike at Duluth-area hospitals. The union said hospital acute care nurses at Essentia Health’s St. Mary’s Duluth Hospital, Miller-Dwan Hospital and St. Mary’s- Superior Hospital,…
