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Superior's Midwest Energy Fire Could Cost Company Nearly A Million Dollars

SUPERIOR, Wis. Press Release Below: Members of the media: this is to inform you of a fire this morning in Superior. At 0530 all three engine companies, Battalion Chief and Gold Cross…

DOJ: Teen 'Lunged' At Deputy With Butcher Knife Before Deputy Fatally Shot Him

Update: Ashland County Officer Involved Death Investigation Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, has been…

Annual Beacon Lighting Commemorates 42nd Anniversary of SS Edmund Fitzgerald

TWIN HARBORS, Minn. - Nov.10 marks the 42nd anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sinking into Lake Superior. Split Rock has been the site of the memorial since 1985 to make sure those…

Saints Start Solid On Home Ice

Skis, Suds and Slices Fundraiser Raising Thousands of Dollars

DULUTH, Minn. - Friday evening hundreds of Northlanders settled in at Clyde Iron Works in Duluth for the 10th annual Skis, Suds and Slices fundraising event. Money raised at the…

Veterans Day March in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. - Saturday is Veterans Day and all across the Northland people are honoring veterans with marches and ceremonies. On Veterans Day, the men and women who served in…

Santa Claus Arrives at the Miller Hill Mall in Style

DULUTH, Minn. - Hundreds of Northland kids were at the Miller Hill Mall this evening to see Santa Claus arrive. It is the 5th annual Santa Slumber Party at the…

Harbor City International School Has Penny Drive For Hurricane Victims

DULUTH, Minn. - One penny can go a long way. In this case all the way to Puerto Rico. Harbor City International School students in Duluth decided to have a penny war to…

Roof Catches Fire in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. - A fire broke out on Friday on the roof of a home at 34th Avenue East and East First Street in Duluth. According to the fire department, the fire…

Evening Update 11-10-17

Red Kettles Ready for Donations in the Northland

SUPERIOR, Wis.- It's the season of giving; Santa Claus is not the only jolly man wearing red, and giving back around the Northland. Northlanders will now see the red kettles stationed…

AmeriCorps Wants You to Share Your Experience in Duluth Program

DULUTH, Minn.-The Duluth chapter of AmeriCorps is taking pen to pad to write down experiences other members of the group have had over the years. It’s all part of a legacy project…

UWS Ceremony Acknowledges Student Veterans

SUPERIOR, Wis.-The University of Wisconsin Superior honored nontraditional students with a special set of skills, obtained from serving in the armed forces. Currently 130 students at UWS are veterans. Representatives from…

Clue, Wiffle Ball, Paper Airplane Enter Toy Hall of Fame

(AP) - The board game Clue. In the National Toy Hall of Fame. With the Wiffle Ball and paper airplane. The mystery of which toys earned the status of toy super stardom was solved Thursday…

Wisconsin's Gov. Walker, Foxconn Leader Sign Plant Contract

RACINE, Wis.-Gov. Scott Walker and Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou have signed off on a $3 billion contract for the Taiwanese company to build a massive display screen factory in southeast Wisconsin. Walker and Gou signed a contract Friday…

'Stories are true': Louis C.K. Statement on Allegations

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Louis C.K. released the following statement on Friday following allegations of sexual misconduct in a New York Times report. The statement is unedited except for…

Husky Energy Finalizes Deal for Calumet in Superior

SUPERIOR, Wis.-Husky Energy has closed its purchase of the Calumet Oil Refinery in Superior. That facility produces 50,000 barrels of oil-based products a day. The new purchase for the Alberta-based company, will…

More Details Emerge in Bad River Case Which Left Teen Dead

BAD RIVER, Wis.-The grandparents of a Wisconsin eighth grader shot and killed by police say the teen had left school with the flu that morning. An Ashland County Sheriff's deputy shot…

Free Parking Downtown for the Christmas City of the North Parade

DULUTH, Minn. - The Greater Downtown Council has announced there will be free parking in Duluth's downtown area on Friday, Nov. 17 for the annual Christmas City of the North Parade. Free parade parking will be offered in the following…

Walker Appoints Sen. Sheila Harsdorf as Agriculture Head

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Republican state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf as secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. The appointment announced Friday makes Harsdorf the first woman…

Santa and Mrs. Claus to Visit Miller Hill Mall

DULUTH, Minn. - Santa is coming to the Northland! It's all to support little Northland boys and girls. This evening, Friday, November 10, is the 5th Annual Slumber Party with…

Another Minnesota Lawmaker Accused of Sexual Harassment

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's House speaker has suspended the committee chairmanship of state Rep. Tony Cornish after two women accused the lawmaker of sexual harassment. Speaker Kurt Daudt issued a statement late Thursday in which he also asked…