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Knowing Your Neighbors: Davidson Windmill

SOUTH RANGE, Wisc. -- If you have ever travelled on Highway 13 just outside of Superior, you may have noticed, or missed, an old windmill on the side of the road. Well, it has been…

Coffee Conversation: Final Stretch of 'Zoo Lights' at the Lake Superior Zoo

DULUTH, Minn. -- The 'Zoo Lights' holiday event is back for a 2nd year at the Lake Superior Zoo. On Tuesday, Caroline Routley joined FOX21 on the morning show to talk about the festive event. [field59_video account="KQDS" key="fc6d0f520f05a004aafec51e85a43590e0ad4300" vtitle="kqds1-Tue_Dec_20_08_00 -…

GOP’s Usual Embrace Of Trump Muted After Criminal Referral

NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican Party quickly and forcefully rallied behind Donald Trump in the hours after federal agents seized classified documents from his Florida estate this summer. Four months later, that sense of intensity and urgency was missing — at…

Road-Rage Incident Ends In Gunfire In Morgan Park

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating a road-rage incident that ended in gunfire Monday evening. The call for help came in around 7 p.m. on the 1000-block of 87th Avenue West in the Morgan Park neighborhood. The reporting party…

St. Louis County Plow Drivers Among Teamsters To Authorize Intent To Strike

DULUTH, Minn. -- Teamsters Local 320, which represents plow drivers and other public works employees with St. Louis County, voted Monday night to authorize an intent to strike. Union President Erik Skoog told FOX 21 the vote was 99…

FedEx Addresses 'Weather-Related' Service Delays In Duluth Area

DULUTH, Minn. -- FedEx is addressing delays within the Twin Ports by attributing the issue with the recent snow storms. The following statement was sent to FOX 21 Monday evening: "We…

Duluth Parks and Rec Hosts Monthly Woman's Hike in the Snow

DULUTH, Minn. - Despite the cold and snowy conditions, Duluth Parks and Recreation along with Woman's Hike Duluth held their free monthly hike. Monday's hike was at the Antenna Farm Trail in the Observation Hill…

Annual Blue Santa Shop with a Cop Event

DULUTH, Minn. - The Duluth Police Department hosted their annual Blue Santa Shop with a Cop event. Held at target, over 30 kids from area youth services like Valley Youth Center and Lincoln Park Boys…

Customers Wait Hours at Duluth Post Office

DULUTH, Minn. - A line of people wrapped all the way around the interior of the post office, eagerly waiting for their deliveries. When we stopped by around 2 PM on Monday, people at the…

New St. Louis County Deputies Sworn In

DULUTH, Minn. -- The St. Louis County Sheriff's Department has a lot of ground to cover, more than 68 hundred miles from Duluth to the Canadian Border. To cover this massive area the…

Marcia Hales' Spirit Of The Lights Display Will No Longer Be At Glensheen

DULUTH, Minn. -- Marcia Hales famous Spirit of the Lights display is in need of a new home, as Glensheen has decided to no longer have the lights be a part of the holiday experience for years to come. Glensheen…

Duluth Salvation Army Predicted To Not Meet Goal In 2022 Red Kettle Season

DULUTH, Minn. -- The Duluth Salvation Army is way behind and not projected to meet its goal of $215,000 in its Red Kettle season this year. The Salvation Army has been raising money for over a month now. Due to…

Elon Musk Twitter Poll Ends With Users Seeking His Departure

(AP) -- Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step…

Final January 6th Hearing

The U.S. House committee has been investigating the violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and held a final hearing at 12 p.m. Monday. The committee voted on possible criminal referrals to the Justice Department. The final report…

113 Million Americans Expected To Travel This Holiday Season As Major Winter Storm Looms

(FOX 9) -- The holidays are upon us as we're in the final stretch of 2022. So, if you're one of the nearly 113 million Americans who will travel more than 50 miles to gather with friends and family this year, you're going…

Coffee Conversation: Family Freedom Center to hold 'Christmas at the Farm'

DULUTH, Minn -- The Family Freedom Center and Neighborhood Youth Services prepares to hold its first-ever 'Christmas at the Farm' event on December 22. Pez Davila with the Family Freedom Center joined us on the morning show to talk about…

US Homeless Numbers Stay About The Same As Before Pandemic

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday that it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars as a new federal report confirms what’s obvious to people in…

Jan. 6 Panel Pushes Trump’s Prosecution In Forceful Finish

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers expected to cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory with an extraordinary recommendation: The Justice Department…

Outage Map Shows Power Restored To All Minnesota Power Customers After Snowstorm

MINNESOTA -- Minnesota Power's outage map showed that power has been restored to all of its customers, days after a snowstorm knocked down lines and toppled trees that left almost 20,000 people connected to the service in the dark. Amy…

Cookies for Santa: Canvas Painting Class

SUPERIOR, Wis. - The Pottery Burn Studio in Superior is putting on a series of holiday-themed classes through December. Sunday's class was Cookies for Santa, a canvas-painting class. Staff say these classes are…

Proctor Rails Basketball Team Hosts Meatball Fundraiser

DULUTH, Minn. - The Proctor Rails Boys Varsity Basketball team put on a Swedish Meatball Fundraiser Sunday in an effort to raise funds for the team. Held at the Dry Dock Bar and Restaurant, the…

11 People Seriously Injured Amid Turbulence On Hawaii Flight

HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly a dozen people were seriously injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by severe turbulence on Sunday about 30 minutes outside Honolulu, an emergency response agency said. Eleven people on the Hawaiian Airlines flight from…

ALS Patients Contend With $158K Price Tag On New Drug

WASHINGTON (AP) — For two years, Becky Mourey pushed the Food and Drug Administration to approve an experimental drug for her Lou Gehrig’s disease. She went to members of Congress and health regulators to make the case for Relyvrio, until patient-advocates finally…

Messi Wins World Cup, Argentina Beats France On Penalties

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates and hoisted the golden trophy high in the air. It was an iconic sight that finally — definitively…