Fragile Trails During Change of Seasons
DULUTH, Minn. - With rain moving in and the ground thawing, you’re being urged to stay off any trails that are blocked off to avoid damaging them. Park crews tell us foot and the traffic…
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Red Bull Snowmobile Rider Levi LaVallee Thrilled to Debut New Duluth Stunt Video
DULUTH, Minn. - It’s something you don’t see every day in the City of Duluth – a man so full of adrenaline and excitement that he wants to jump his snowmobile over a moving train,…
National Library Week Celebrated in Northland
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Libraries are being celebrated across the country this week for National Library Week. We caught up with leadership from the Superior Public Library who reflected on what's it been like over the past…
UWS Professor Nominated for Pulitzer Prize
SUPERIOR, Wis. -- A University of Wisconsin-Superior writing professor has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize award. The book is a long poetic verse called "Roze and Blud" and it dives into the two main…
Lake Superior College Opens In-Person Registration for Fall Semester
DULUTH, Minn. -- Lake Superior College has announced that school will resume all in-person courses for the upcoming fall semester. Current students began registering for courses on Monday while incoming students can get their first…
Election Day Begins in Wisconsin
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Polls opened at 7 a.m. at multiple locations in Superior, as residents fill out their ballots for many seats up for grabs. Election officials tell us that although the pandemic has made…
Minnesota 10-Year-Old Drives Family Minivan to Get Cheerios
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) - A 10-year-old Stillwater boy who led police on a chase in his parents’ minivan says he was headed to the store to buy Cheerios. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday that a police officer spotted the…
Minnesota Debuts Vaccine Outreach Campaign Aimed at Workers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday launched an outreach campaign aimed at vaccinating Minnesota workers in frontline industries in the coming weeks. The outreach effort, which is part of a broader statewide “Roll Up Your Sleeves, MN” campaign,…
Furniture Mart USA Buys Former Duluth ShopKo
DULUTH, Minn. - Furniture Mart USA has bought the former Shopko building in Duluth. According to public records the company bought the building and land for $3 million. The building, located in the Stone Ridge Shopping Center on West Central…
K9 Deputy Wesson Loses Battle With Cancer
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. - The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of one of its K-9 deputies. In a Facebook post by the Northland K9 Foundation, K9 deputy Wesson lost his battle with cancer Monday…
Midday Update 4-6-21
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Have a great day!
Sawyer County Authorities Identify Female Found Dead From Multiple Gunshot Wounds
SAWYER COUNTY, Wis. - Authorities in Sawyer County have identified the female victim found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in residence in Sawyer County last week. According to the Sawyer County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to reports of a deceased…
Authorities: Navy Medic Shoots 2, Is Shot and Killed on Base
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy officials said. The man…
3M Will Pay Bemidji $12.5 Million to Help Treat Water
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — The city of Bemidji has reached a settlement with 3M to help pay for treating contamination in the community’s water supply. 3M will pay $12.5 million toward building and operating a new treatment facility to remove…
Morning Update 4-6-21
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Ken Slama for a local look at news and weather making headlines Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Have a great day!
Police Chief: Fired Cop Broke Policy in Pinning Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief who called George Floyd’s death “murder” soon after it happened testified that Officer Derek Chauvin had clearly violated department policy when he pinned Floyd’s neck beneath his knee for more than 9 minutes.…
Official: Biden Moving Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is set to announce that he's shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines. A White House official says Biden will make the…
Mayor Larson's 'State Of The City' Core Principles: Equity, Sustainability, Community
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth Mayor Emily Larson held a virtual State of the City address Monday night acknowledging last year's painful struggles through the pandemic and social justice issues surrounding George Floyd's…
KYN: Skin Deep Tattoo and Piercing
SUPERIOR, Wisc. -- Artist Jason Routley has been providing tattoos to people in the Twin Ports area since 2018. "I love being an artist. It's like all my dreams from my childhood are coming true.…
Wisconsin Expands Vaccine Eligibility
SUPERIOR, Wis. -- Today, Wisconsinites 16 years and older now are eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. With Governor Tony Evers making the announcement, Wisconsin residents now have an increased eligibility to get vaccinated.…
Easter Sunday Fatal Duluth Apartment Fire Believed To Be Accidental
DULUTH, Minn. - The Duluth Fire Marshal's Office is calling its investigation into a fatal apartment fire on Easter Sunday as accidental. The call for help came in around 1 p.m. Sunday on the…
After Devastating Fire, Town of La Pointe Volunteer Fire, Rescue, EMTs Spring Back into Action
LA POINTE, Wis. - They’re the people we call when emergencies happen at the worst times in our life -- Fire officials, EMTs, and other emergency personnel. It was in early March of…
Highway 2, 53 Resurfacing Project Now Underway in Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers recently allocated five million dollars for a resurfacing project in Superior, and the work officially broke ground Monday. A 2.5 mile stretch of construction is now underway…
'Northern Lights Express' Supporters Hopeful For Federal Funding
DULUTH, Minn. -- Backers of high-speed rail service from Duluth to Minneapolis are hopeful President Joe Biden's new infrastructure proposal could make the rail project finally happen. The Northern Lights Express project has stalled for…
MnDOT Road Construction Ramps Up For Interchange Project
DULUTH, Minn. -- Construction season is upon us and that means added congestion on some Northland roadways. One of the biggest construction projects is the Twin Ports Interchange. Southbound traffic on I-35 will be limited…
Wisconsin Governor Declares Emergency Because of Wildfires
MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday declared a state of emergency in response to dangerous wildfire conditions throughout the state. The executive order will ensure support from the Wisconsin National Guard and use of the Guard’s…
Vaccinations Open to Everyone 16 and up in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Everyone age 16 and up are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin. Monday’s expansion came the same day that an outbreak of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus was reported at a Dane…
Death of ‘Miracle on Ice’ Standout Pavelich Ruled Suicide
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide, a Minnesota medical examiner said Monday. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka County said in a news release that…
Minnesota State Fairgrounds to Serve as COVID-19 Vaccination Site
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota State Fairgrounds will serve as a federally-supported COVID-19 mass vaccination site, state and federal officials announced Monday. The site will administer a combination of 168,000 Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson doses of the vaccine…
