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Dayton Announces $350M in Federal Funds for Water Quality

ST. PAUL - Governor Mark Dayton, today, January 17, signed an agreement with the United State Department of Agriculture, to secure $350 million in federal funding to protect and improve waters in 60,000 acres across 54 Minnesota counties. The new…

Wisconsin State Senate Passes Bill to Help Cheese Plant

MADISON (AP) - The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill extending tax incentives to help a cheese distributor. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Tuesday that is designed to assist with Plymouth-based Masters Gallery Foods building of a $30…

Obama Cuts Short Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents. The White House says Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening. Manning is…

Minnesota Extends Subsidized Health Care Coverage

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota is the fourth state in the nation to extend subsidized health care coverage to those participating in the Obama administration's deportation reprieve program. The Star Tribune reports that this month the state opened subsidized…

Appeals Court Upholds Provisional Release of Sex Offender

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The state Court of Appeals has upheld a judicial panel's decision to provisionally release a man from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. Jesse Lee, formally known as Dennis Wisinger, pleaded guilty in 1976 to kidnapping and raping…

Registration Opens for Boulder Lake Ski Race

BOULDER LAKE, Minn. - An annual race is getting winter sport enthusiasts out on the trails. The Boulder Lake Ski Race hosts competitive Nordic skiers and snowshoers. For the 14th annual event, organizers are doing things a little differently. This…

Majority of Superior Shipyard Workers Test Positive for Lead

SUPERIOR, Wis. - Health officials say the majority of more than 200 workers tested for lead exposure at a Superior shipyard had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Wisconsin and Minnesota health departments began a joint investigation last spring…

Motley House Fire Results in Fatality

MOTLEY, Minn. - A 20-year-old Motley man is dead following a fire in a home. On Friday, January 13, the Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a house fire on the 12000 block of State 64 around…

Congressman Duffy Holds Town Halls In N.W. Wis.

SOLON SPRINGS, Wis. - Republican Congressman Sean Duffy made his way across parts of northwest Wisconsin Monday. Duffy hosted three town hall meetings in in Butternut, Cable and Solon Springs.…

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Blue Monday

SUPERIOR, Wis.-Psychologists have named the third Monday in January as Blue Monday. It's supposedly the gloomiest day of the year based on debt, weather, and the post holiday blues. Seasonal affective disorder…

Families Enjoy Warmup Outside on MLK Day

DULUTH, Minn. - Lots of families took advantage of the above average temperatures today. Bayfront Park's outdoor rink was filled with families out on the ice. With many students out of…

Pledge to Volunteer Campaign

DULUTH, Minn.- The Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank has kicked off their Pledge to Volunteer campaign. The effort hopes to attract new volunteers and increase the food bank's support system.…

ATV Accident Leaves Teen in Critical Condition

FREDENBERG TOWNSHIP, Minn. - On January 16, 2017, around 3:00 p.m., the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office,  along with area volunteer fire departments, responded to an ATV crash involving a 13-year-old male driver near the 6500 block of Stevens Road…

2016 Shipping Season Coming to a Close

DULUTH, Minn. - The 2016 shipping season is coming to a close, with the last Last Laker of the Season, the Lee A. Tregurtha arriving in the Twin Ports earlier today.…

Hundreds March for Martin Luther King Jr.

  DULUTH, Minn. - Kids made posters and signs with hand written messages, as they prepared for the Martin Luther King Jr. March in Duluth. It’s in honor of the iconic civil…

Gene Cernan, Last Astronaut to on the Moon, Dies at 82

(AP) - Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died at age 82. NASA announced that Cernan died Monday, surrounded by his family. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed the death, but had no immediate…

State Leaders Push for More Progress at MLK Day Celebration

ST. PAUL (AP) - Hundreds of Minnesota residents have marched through downtown St. Paul, to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Afterward, city and state leaders spoke at the Ordway Center on Monday about the progress the country…

DOJ Says KleinBank Used Discriminatory Lending Practices

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The United States Department of Justice has sued a Minnesota bank for allegedly engaging in mortgage lending practices that discriminate against minorities. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the DOJ says KleinBank engaged in "redlining." The DOJ says…

Youth Poets Given Stage to Tell Stories

DULUTH, Minn. - Youth throughout Minnesota are sharing their stories through a slam poetry series. Be Heard MN is giving the young artists a platform. This is through TruArtSpeaks as the…

Beating Cabin Fever with a Disco Party

DULUTH, Minn. - This weekend Northlanders can beat their cabin fever by dancing at Zeitgeist Arts. Renegade Theater is celebrating the season kick-off with a disco dance party. Proceeds from…

Trump Calls on Americans to Honor Dr. King

ATLANTA (AP) - Civil rights leaders and activists are gathering around the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. In a message sent on Twitter on Monday, Trump said: "Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all of…

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