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Politicians Confirm Cleveland-Cliffs Will Restart Operations In April

MINNESOTA -- Two politicians representing Minnesota confirmed on Monday that mining company Cleveland-Cliffs plans to re-open its idling facilities in Babbitt and Silver Bay this April. Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN) and State Senator Grant Hauschild (DFL-03) sent press releases applauding…

True North AmeriCorps Helping Children In Schools

DULUTH, Minn. -- These second graders at Marshall Forest School are back in class learning reading, writing, and arithmetic after two years being away from a school room. They are also having to learn or…

Spirit Mountain Preps for Upcoming Events

DULUTH, Minn. – It has been a warm weekend and people were outside enjoying the weather. Over at Spirit Mountain, people are still hitting the slopes making the best out of warm winter…

Abortion Among Major Issues At Stake In Wisconsin Court Race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases in recent years. Voters now have a chance to tip that balance toward the left, with implications for abortion rights and…

Duluth Sport Show is a Hit Once Again

DULUTH, Minn.-- The Duluth Sport Show has finished is third of four days back at the DECC and so just one day remains to sees all kinds of things to enjoy. It's…

Small Home Built Plane Forced To Land On Lake

Duluth, Minn. -- A Small home built aircraft had to make a landing on Big Lake near Cloquet this afternoon. The plane had lost part of its landing gear when it took off from Fish Lake in Fedenberg Township. The…

23rd Annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics

DULUTH, Minn.-- The temperature may be nice for February but the water is still freezing, but that's not stopping anyone from jumping in to support of a great cause. Many brave souls are…

23rd ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE

Duluth, Minn. -- Lake Superior played host to the 23rd Annual Polar Plunge in Duluth this afternoon.  Some 600 people were scheduled to take the plunge to help raise funds for Special Olympics.…

AmeriCorps Members Help Local Students with SEL

Dultuh, Minn. -- The pandemic had, in the words of the Brookings Institute, a devastating impact on students.  It not only affected academic levels, but with students not having interactions with other students…

UMD Police Chief Huls On Safety at the School

Duuth, Minn. -- The scene on the campus of Michigan State University, with hundreds of flashing lights, officers in SWAT gear running around, and an active shooter on the loose had UMD's Police…

Ojibwe Winter Games Much More Than Games

Winter is what you make of it. And for Native Americans, it is an important time for their culture. That was on full display Friday in the cold and sunshine of February. It was…

Fire Destroys Two-Story Home Near Cook

BEATTY TOWNSHIP, Minn. – Fire ripped through a two-story home north of Cook Friday evening. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said the fire broke out around 4:50 p.m. on…

Biden’s Trump-Focused Campaign Could Be Risky If GOP Shifts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden built his 2020 White House run around promises to beat Donald Trump “like a drum.” As Biden gears up for an expected reelection campaign, he insists he can do it again. But what if Trump isn’t next year’s Republican nominee? Though…

Talking with IRRRB Commissioner Ida Rukavina

Duluth, Minn -- It's been just a month and a half since Ida Rukavina was appointed commissioner of the IRRRB. For most of that time, she has been in St. Paul talking with legislators…

5 Memphis Officers Plead Not Guilty In Death Of Tyre Nichols

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the…

Coffee Conversation: Ojibwe Winter Games Returns to UMD

DULUTH, Minn. -- Ojibwe Winter Games returns to UMD for second year, displaying traditional Ojibwe games and experiences for students and community members. Iris Carufel, Assistant Director of UMD's American Indian Learning Resource Center, joined FOX21 on Friday's morning newscast…

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