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GOP Lawmakers Offer gun Bills

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Two Republican lawmakers from Minneapolis suburbs are proposing bills aimed at gun possession and ownership. One would give private sellers an incentive to verify a buyer has a legal right to own a gun before…

House GOP Proposes $825M in Public Construction

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota House Republicans are proposing to spend $825 million on public works projects with a heavy focus on water infrastructure, roads and state building repairs. The House's so-called bonding bill is roughly half the size…

Fatal car Accident in Lakewood Township

DULUTH,Minn. – St. Louis County Deputies responded to a single vehicle car accident yesterday afternoon. Authorities say the vehicle driven by 76-year-old Frank Zatocil of Duluth left the roadway on West Tischer Road eventually striking a downed tree. Deputies attempted…

Proctor Speedway Revs Up For Season Of Mayhem

PROCTOR, Minn. - It’s time to get pumped up and get your mayhem on because the Proctor Speedway is ready for the 2018 season. Speedway officials opened the track for “media day”…

Interior Department Renews Leases for Twin Metals Project

MINNEAPOLIS-The U.S. Interior Department has reinstated the mineral rights leases for a company that wants to build a copper-nickel mine near Ely in northeastern Minnesota, renewals that were denied in the closing weeks of the Obama administration. The department's Bureau…

Clinton Impeachment Lawyer to Represent Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Washington, D.C., lawyer Emmet Flood, who represented President Bill Clinton during his impeachment process, is joining the White House to represent President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation. White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders…

Walker Wants Better Fencing, Deer Movement Bans to Fight CWD

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker is directing state agriculture officials to develop regulations requiring captive deer farms to bolster fencing as chronic wasting disease continues to spread across Wisconsin. The order would require farmers to install a second…

Water Line Break in Superior

SUPERIOR, Wis. - According to a press release from the City of Superior Belknap Street will be closed today between Catlin Avenue and Grand Avenue due to a water line break. Officials expect that work will be finished prior to…

Military Plane Crashes Near Airport in Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Air Force says a National Guard cargo plane has crashed near an airport in Savannah, Georgia. In a tweet, the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency says the plane crashed Wednesday at the intersection of two…

Southwest Plane With Cracked Window Diverted to Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) - A Southwest Airlines plane flying from Chicago to New Jersey has been forced to land in Cleveland after one of its windows cracked. There were no reports of injuries after Flight 957 landed safely on Wednesday morning.…

Essentia Health to Open West Duluth Urgent Care

DULUTH, Minn. - Essentia Health announced today that they will be opening an Urgent Care at their West Duluth Clinic on May 7. The new Urgent Care addition will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a…

Tunnel Cleaning Project to Begin Sunday

DULUTH, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released their I-35 and Highway 61 tunnel cleaning schedules that will begin on Sunday. The project is scheduled for evening hours to reduce traffic interference. Cleaning schedule The northbound tunnels on…

Female Wanted for Assault by Cloquet Police

CLOQUET, Minn. - The Cloquet Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a female wanted for assault. Melissa Ann Defoe, 41, is wanted for felony 2nd degree assault. Defoe is 5’6, 160 pounds with black hair and brown…

Sex Trafficking Memorial Held in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. - Victims of human trafficking were honored at a memorial in Duluth. Every year on May 1st, a ceremony and procession memorializes missing and murdered indigenous women. That group…

Duluth Announces LED Streetlight Pilot Project

DULUTH, Minn. - The City of Duluth has installed energy-efficient LED streetlights across much of the city, but some citizens and business owners are not happy about the brighter, white lights…

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