Chester Park Trail Race Organizers Host Free Group Run
DULUTH, Minn. - At the end of June, the Second Annual Chester Park Trail Race will take off, but first a free group run to get a sneak peek of the…
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Carving Ribeye Steak with Texas Roadhouse
DULUTH, Minn. -Summer is nearly here and the nice weather has many Northlanders heating up their grills. For this week's Cooking Connection, FOX 21's William Seay learned how to carve ribeye steak…
Bridge Inspections Scheduled for June
DULUTH, Minn. – Bridge inspections are scheduled for multiple ramps along the I-35 corridor Wednesday, June 13 and Monday, June 18 in Duluth. Wednesday, June 13: Motorists entering I-35 northbound from Highway 23/Grand Avenue will encounter a ramp closure and…
Kentucky District Where two Died Adds Officers, Bans Backpacks
BENTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky district where two students were killed and 21 others were hurt in a school shooting will add police officers, install metal detectors and ban backpacks at middle and high schools. News outlets report a…
Morning Update 6-7-18
An update on local news and weather.
Military Base Calls Immigration Agents on Pizza Delivery man
NEW YORK (AP) — He went from delivering pizza to being detained by immigration officers. An Ecuadorean restaurant worker making a delivery to an Army garrison in Brooklyn wound up being detained June 1 after a routine background check at…
Duluth Teacher Deemed Negligent After Two Kindergarten Students Locked Outside of School
DULUTH, Minn.- A teacher with the Duluth School District is under investigation and on unpaid leave after two kindergarten students were accidentally locked outside in the cold. The incident happened in…
St. Luke's Hospital Unveils Tool To Treat Patients With Cancer
DULUTH, Minn. - St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth is stepping up the way it treats cancer patients. This is all done with a new state of the art linear accelerator tool, which delivers…
New Taco Stand Bringing the Heat
TWO HARBORS, Minn.- It’s heating up in Two Harbors as a new taco stand is spicing up the downtown. 5th Street Tacos is bringing a new style of fast food. The…
16th Annual Dig in for the Downtown Waterfront
DULUTH, Minn.- Volunteers are digging in to make sure Duluth is colorful regardless of the weather. Gardeners and city workers are planting for a blooming city during Dig in for the…
Governor Hopeful Makes Campaign Stop In Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - Two candidates running for Minnesota governor this fall made a stop in Duluth. DFL endorsed Rep. Erin Murphy and her running mate Rep. Erin Maye Quade, (DFL) District 57A,…
Veterans Receiving Free Legal Help
DULUTH, Minn.- Attorneys and legal professors are offering free legal help to veterans in the Northland. Finding services to help with legal issues are amongst the top ten issues veterans…
Glensheen Kayak Series Kicks Off
DULUTH, Minn. - Today kicks off the Wednesday Night Glensheen Kayak Series. Duluth Experience and Glensheen have partnered up so you can paddle along Lake Superior's North Shore as part of…
Irvin 5K Finish/Start Line To Be Slightly Narrowed During Seawall Work
DULUTH, Minn.- Meanwhile the William A. Irvin's course will be slightly narrowed near the start and finish line this year. That's because of the delayed seawall reconstruction project in the Minnesota Slip, which is home to the Irvin and…
Downtown Farmers Market Open in Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The Superior Downtown Farmers Market is back open for the summer and fall. The market is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday through the end of October…
New Habitat Home Being Built in Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis.-A huge family with seven children is getting a home built for them in Superior. It’s all part of a project by the Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity and regional carpenters. The family also works to put the…
Man Shot by Minneapolis Police at City Hall Pleads Guilty
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors have reached a plea deal with a 19-year-old man who was shot by Minneapolis officers after he brandished a knife in a police interrogation room in December. Marcus Fischer pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of…
The Heat is Back on High: May Smashes US Temperature Records
WASHINGTON (AP) — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather…
Walker Confident I-94 Will be Done on Time
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state of Wisconsin will be receiving $86 million less than what it requested from the federal government to pay for upgrades and expansion of Interstate 94 south of Milwaukee in conjunction with the Foxconn Technology…
Hatch Says He'll Withdraw From AG Race
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch says he's dropping out of the race for his old seat. Hatch told Minnesota Public Radio News that he was satisfied with the field of candidates in the race.…
Wisconsin Wolf Population may be Stabilizing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A report from the Wisconsin Department of Resources suggests the state's wolf population may be stabilizing after decades of growth. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that volunteer trackers reported a minimum wolf count between about 900 to…
Congdon Elementary Teacher on Leave Following Student Neglect
DULUTH, Minn. – A Congdon Park Elementary School teacher is on unpaid leave following an incident with two of her students in January 2017. According to ISD 709 officials, the teacher left two of her 5-year-old kindergarten students unattended and…
Midday Update 6-6-18
An update on local news and weather.
Traffic Crash Kills Three in North-Central Wisconsin
MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) - Three people are dead after a driver lost control of a vehicle in north-central Wisconsin and crashed into logging equipment. The Taylor County Sheriff's Office says 49-year-old William Juneau of Gilman was driving up to 80…
Douglas County Historical Society Opens New Exhibits
DULUTH, Minn. - Summer is a busy time of year and the Douglas County Historical Society has been busy preparing for it. The Executive Director of the Douglas County Historical Society has…
Ex-Spartan Football Players Avoid Jail in sex Assault Case
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Three former Michigan State University football players accused in the sexual assault of a woman have avoided jail time after pleading guilty. Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance were sentenced Wednesday to three years'…
Minnesota Suicide Hotline Prepares to Shut Down
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's suicide crisis hotline is preparing to shut down at the end of the month following financial shortfalls. For more than 50 years, Crisis Connection has linked callers to local mental health professionals and emergency first-responders. The…
Authorities Search for Endion Neighborhood Stabbing Suspect
DULUTH, Minn. - Authorities are searching for a suspect after a stabbing incident in Duluth’s Endion neighborhood yesterday. According to the Duluth Police Department the victim told police he was stabbed by his girlfriend in an apartment. The stabbing took…
Authorities Find Body of Missing Minnesota Fisherman
BENSON, Minn. (AP) - Authorities in western Minnesota say they have found the body of a fisherman who went missing over the weekend. The Swift County Sheriff's Office says authorities recovered the body of 60-year-old Ricky Longnecker of Appleton, Minnesota.…
