MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - The son of a Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has been charged with trying to solicit a 13-year-old for sex and possessing child pornography. Twenty-four-year-old Ryan James Stanek, of Maple Grove, was charged with four felonies…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. - Just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Hermantown Police and Hermantown Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a report of a gas leak in the Deer Field Townhome complex. Officers arrived and discovered an SUV struck a parked vehicle…
A Wrenshall kidnapping and assault suspect on the run from authorities has been captured in Vancouver. Washington. Scott Lindgren, 21, has been wanted for “felony threats of violence” and “aggravated tampering…
DULUTH, Minn. - The iconic Crabby Ol' Bill's eatery in Canal Park is possibly a little less crabby right now because it's opening Friday and under new…
SUPERIOR, Wis. - The application deadline is over in Superior, and two candidates are officially in the running to be appointed to the former council seat of…
Meet Emily Jacobsen, one of 12 winners of the FOX 21 Strength in the Community Scholarship. The Strength in the Community Scholarship was created to help students reach their goals…
TWO HARBORS, Minn. - Up the shore in Two Harbors, Head of the Lakes United Way partnered with Community Partners and Lake View Hospital for a…
CLOQUET, Minn. - Students and alumni gathered at the Cloquet Middle School to say goodbye to the school as they know it. The middle school held a closing…
DULUTH, Minn. - The Duluth–Superior Film Festival kicked off the first of five days of film, music and arts Wednesday. Wednesday night's film was shown at Clyde Iron Works called Rumble, which…
Discussion over the use of LED lights in the city of Duluth has been going on for months now. Tonight another public meeting was held to address outdoor lighting. The City of…
DULUTH, Minn. - Minnesota governor Mark Dayton signed the state's budget and bonding bills Tuesday to avoid a state government shutdown, but now, he’s taking some serious heat after deciding…
DULUTH, Minn. -- Their uniforms are bright and colorful, but their skills are breathtaking. Members of the SkyHawks, the Canadian military’s parachute team, paid a visit to a few Duluth schools earlier…
DULUTH, Minn. -- As construction continues on Duluth’s historic NorShor Theatre, a mysterious work of art has been found. The nearly ten-foot-tall mural was found in the theatre’s attic, which is a…
DULUTH, Minn. - Minnesota's Departments of Public Safety, Health and Transportation are working toward zero deaths on state highways. On Wednesday, officials from eight counties met at Northland Country Club to…
DULUTH, Minn. - Starting June 1st, St. Louis County residents who are homeless or about to become homeless will have a new resource through the United Way's 211 program. By texting 'homeless'…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KMSP) - A former assistant principal at Bemidji Middle School has been federally charged with producing and distributing child pornography and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. On Wednesday, 34-year-old Brandon Mark Bjerknes had his first appearance…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - The Department of Natural Resources got most of the money it requested from the Legislature, and its head credits an outcry by Minnesotans who hunt, fish, use state parks, and ride snowmobiles and ATVs. Commissioner Tom…
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - The controversial "Scaffold" installation at the newly renovated Minneapolis Sculpture Garden will be dismantled, taken to Fort Snelling and ceremonially burned, officials at the Walker Art Center announced Wednesday. The sculpture partly depicts the mass-hanging of 38…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A National Rifle Association lobbyist is telling a legislative committee that guns were a great equalizer for "the blacks." Scott Meyer appeared before the Senate's judiciary committee during a public hearing on a GOP bill that…
MINNEAPOLIS–U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken say they are accepting applications for the top federal prosecutor's job in Minnesota. The two Democratic senators made the announcement Tuesday. Minnesota's former U.S. attorney, Andrew Luger, was appointed by President Barack…
DULUTH, Minn. - Two non-profit agencies in Duluth that serve children and families have been chosen to receive significant grants from the South St. Louis County Family Service Collaborative. The YWCA Duluth will receive $225,000 and the Lincoln Park Children…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a Trempealeau County decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine for use in hydraulic fracking. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against Iowa-based AllEnergy Corporation. It…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota health officials are hoping the state's measles outbreak is nearing its end as the number of new cases plateau for the last 13 days. The Pioneer Press reports that the Minnesota Department of Health's daily…
DULUTH, Minn. - This weekend the country will be celebrating nature as National Trials Day is Saturday, June 3. Rachel Agurkis, a Solutions Specialist for Verizon Wireless, joined the Fox 21…
People in Wisconsin cannot spell the name of their own state, according to new data released by Google. In honor of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Google Trends collected data and mapped the top "how to spell" searches…
DARLINGTON, Wis. (AP) -A Wisconsin judge has overturned a ban on selling homemade baked goods in the state. Lafayette County Judge Duane Jorgenson ruled Wednesday afternoon in favor of three women who'd challenged a state law they say made it…
DULUTH, Minn. - From about 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, it may have looked like there was a military exercise going on in Bayfront Park as helicopters and skydivers filled the sky. Instead, it was Doritos marketing team…
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - Governor Scott Walker says he's open to the idea of tolling Wisconsin interstates, but only if the revenue helps reduce the state's gas tax, which is nearly 31 cents a gallon. Walker made his comments Tuesday…
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