New Luxury Apartment Building Officially Open
DULUTH, Minn. - Another housing option is now available in Duluth. CityView flats a brand new luxury apartment complex opened today on the 300 block of 1st Avenue West. The building is adding more…
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Unique Gifts Can Add A Special Touch To The Holidays
TWIN PORTS - Christmas gift ideas can be hard to come by every year, but by thinking of out-of-the-box gifts, it might make the holidays even more special. If you are looking for something…
Kids Make The Most Of Indoor Play Time
DULUTH, Minn. - Tiny tots had a little bit of indoor play time at the Washington Center in Duluth's Hillside neighborhood. About a half dozen kids, all with high energy, enjoyed time playing with…
2019 Christmas Lighting Challenge Winners Awarded at Bentleyville
DULUTH, Minn.- Winners of the 5th annual Northland Christmas lighting challenge were announced at Bentleyville Friday. Businesses and individual homes in Duluth, Superior and Cloquet were presented a gift basket and recognition for their…
Essentia Health's Valet Service Ramps Up as Winter Approaches
DULUTH, Minn.- Essentia's Vision Northland construction project in full swing. It's taking over parts of first street downtown, making parking and travel more complicated than normal. Now, a valet service the hospital started to…
Family Raises Money for 15-Year-Old Girl Post Brain Cancer
DULUTH, Minn.- A Northland family is doing everything they can to raise money for their daughter. The 15-year-old was diagnosed with brain cancer and is now facing complications from the surgery where her tumor was…
Deer River Healthcare Workers Set Strike for January
DEER RIVER, Minn. – A union representing healthcare workers at Essentia Deer River has filed notice for a two-day Unfair Labor Practice strike. The strike is scheduled for January 2 and 3rd according to a recent press release. A member…
$5,000 Reward for Information in Northern Minnesota Deadly Dog Stabbing
CASS LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - There is now a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for fatally stabbing a dog in northern Minnesota, according to the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department. On…
Midday Update 12-20-19
Join Fox 21’s Arman Rahman and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Friday, December 20, 2019
No Charges for 2 Minnesota Wrestlers in Alleged Sex Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct in June will not face criminal charges due to “inadequate evidence,” a prosecutor announced Friday. Gable…
Hearty Lamb Shank For The Holidays
DULUTH, Minn. -- In this weeks Cooking Connection we are making braised grass-fed Oregon lamb shank, avgolemono sauce, celery root, carrots, dill and oven roasted Yukon gold potatoes. Watch the video above for the rare…
Hermantown Middle, High Schools Evacuated Again Due to Gas Leak
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – Hermantown Middle School and High School were evacuated again Friday morning due to the smell of gas. According to the Hermantown Police Department, the smell of gas was detected in the high school’s boiler room. As a…
Morning Update 12-20-19
Join Fox 21’s Arman Rahman and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Friday, December 20, 2019
Wisconsin Governor Rejects 'Making a Murderer' Pardon Bid
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a…
UMD's 'An Enemy of the People' Selected to Perform at Regional Theatre Festival
DULUTH, Minn.- This year a UMD Theatre production has been selected to perform at a highly anticipated regional competition in South Dakota next month. An Enemy of the People, directedy by Tom…
Jingle Bells For A Good Cause
DULUTH, Minn. -- In this weeks Active Adventures Fox 21's Brittney Merlot and Brett Scott donated their time to help the less fortunate this holiday season. Volunteering to bell ring for Salvation…
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Hits the Big Screen
DULUTH, Minn. - After much anticipation the film Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker hit the big screen in Duluth on Thursday. At Marcus Theaters in Duluth fans dressed up for the big finale…
Ruby's Pantry Coppertop's Last Distribution Before the Holidays
DULUTH, Minn. - Ruby's Pantry at Duluth's Coppertop Church held its last distribution day before the holidays. More than 25,000 pounds of food were unloaded off a semi-truck where 70 volunteers helped distribute the…
Influenza Widespread in Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn. - The flu season is ramping up in Minnesota with the department of health reporting 262 hospitalized cases throughout the state. The flu usually presents itself as a high fever, runny nose,…
Chocolate Shops Remain Busy Through the Holiday Season
DULUTH, Minn.- It's no surprise the holidays bring out the sweet tooth in a lot of people and local candy shops are busy because of it. Rocky Mountain Chocolate factor in Canal Park has orders lined…
Bakeries Stay Busy Leading to the Christmas Holiday
DULUTH, Minn.- Candy shops AND bakeries are both sweet stores that are getting attention right now. Positively 3rd Street bakery in Duluth says they've been working plenty of overtime preparing special holiday goodies this year, including…
Gov. Walz Announces Initiative to Give Homeless Population Shelter This Winter
VIRGINIA, Minn. - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (DFL) has launched a new initiative to help Minnesota's homeless population find a warm place to stay this winter. On a given night, more than 1,600 Minnesotans…
Lester Park Students Bring Christmas To Essentia Patients
DULUTH, Minn. - The Giving Tree project began as a small gesture and now has spiraled into a 17 year holiday tradition. Second through fourth grade students walked the halls of St. Mary's to…
Snow No Longer Clogs Downtown Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - Downtown Duluth may now look a little different after massive amounts of snow used to clog the streets. Overnight snow removal teams went through and whisked away huge snow banks…
Enbridge Put on Display for Review of Latest Environmental Impact Statement
DULUTH, Minn.- Leaders with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) opened a public hearing in downtown Duluth Thursday for the revised environmental impact statement made by Enbridge on their Line 3 replacement project. The latest…
Report: Flu Now ‘Widespread’ in Minnesota, Three more People Die
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Fox 9) - A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health shows the flu is now “widespread” in the state and showed a total of six influenza-related deaths this season, up three from last week. Overall,…
Governor Sued Over Reluctance to Release Public Records
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Transparency Project is suing Gov. Tony Evers on behalf of WITI-TV over his reluctance to release emails to the Milwaukee station under the state's open records law. Evers…
UMD, Shannon Miller Reach Global Settlement
DULUTH, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Duluth announced Thursday afternoon that they have reached a global settlement with former women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller. According to a statement from the Director of marking and Public Relations Lynne Williams: "The…
Midday Update 12-19-19
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Thursday, December 19, 2019.
Minneapolis VA Worker Accused of Hiding Bathroom Camera
MINNEAPOLIS - A former worker at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is charged with filming 11 people with a hidden camera in a men's restroom trash can. Forty-five-year-old Mauricio Morales of Eden Prairie was charged Tuesday with 11 counts…
