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Watch Live: Schiff Says Complaint Reads Like Crime Shakedown

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says President Donald Trump's actions detailed in a newly released whistleblower complaint read like "a classic organized crime shakedown.'' Schiff on Thursday opened a hearing with acting Director of National Intelligence…

Body Found in Honolulu Canal Identified as Minnesota Woman

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii police have identified a body recovered from a Honolulu canal as a woman visiting from Minnesota. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Tuesday that the body of 51-year-old Shannon Bartholomew of Minneapolis was discovered Monday in the Ala…

St. Luke's New Contract With Nurses Is Ratified

DULUTH, Minn. — Nurses who work for St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth voted to formally accept a new three-year contract agreement with the hospital, according to the Minnesota Nurses Association. St. Luke’s nurses have been working at the hospital without…

Superior YMCA, Volunteers Clean Up Faxon Creek

SUPERIOR, Wis. - Superior YMCA collaborated with  the city and the Coastal Cleanup to help clean Faxon Creek, which is situated right behind the YMCA. About a half dozen volunteers and staff walked…

Haunted Shack Looking for Spooky Volunteers

CARLTON, Minn.- The Haunted Shack and Haunted Ridge are looking for more spooky characters to join in scaring the people of the Northland. "Just having fun scaring people, it's really fun," said Volunteer…

WITC Celebrates Completed Renovations

SUPERIOR, Wis.- Wednesday night, WITC in Superior celebrated a new $1.5 million dollar renovation project. It's part of a multi-year effort to update the aging campus. For the first time in 40 years,…

KD's Opens Third Restaurant in Superior

SUPERIOR, Wis.- The former Breakwater Restaurant in Superior is now home to Kickin' Delicious third location in northeast Wisconsin. KD's Itasca Bay Family Restaurant recently opened its doors to a new demographic. Their…

Cloquet's Community Memorial Hospital, Raiter Clinic Merge

CLOQUET, Minn.- Two of Cloquet's major healthcare facilities are merging to provide better care, and compete with Essentia's expansion there in May. Community Memorial Hospital recently purchased the Raiter Clinic for an undisclosed…

Carving Soapstone at Cloquet Library

CLOQUET, Minn.- People at the Cloquet Library got a chance to hand craft their own indigenous stone sculptures. The library hosted a stone carving class, where participants got to carve soapstone into their own…

Ground Broken on $800 Million Vision Northland Project

DULUTH, Minn. - Ground has been broken on an $800 million hospital development in Duluth. Essentia Health's "Vision Northland" project is the largest private development in the city's history. Buildings on the Essentia Health…

St. Luke’s Nurses Voting Whether to Approve New Contract

DULUTH, Minn. – Nurses at St. Luke’s are voting today on whether or not to approve a new labor contract with the hospital. This comes after union negotiators reached a tentative agreement with St. Luke’s on Saturday morning. The Minnesota…

Minnesota Agency's Estimate of Tribal Overpayments Grows

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of Human Services says it underestimated the amount of money it overpaid two Native American tribes for substance abuse treatment covered under Medicaid. The agency reported last month that it overpaid the…

Iron Range Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty

HIBBING, Minn. – A suspect in the January Iron Range murder of 33-year-old Joshua LaValley has pleaded guilty, according to court records. Deshon Bonnell, 18, pleaded guilty to first degree murder while committing aggravated…

Suicide Prevention Task Force Seeks Quicker Release of Money

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A final report from the Wisconsin Legislature's bipartisan suicide prevention task force calls for quicker release of $110,000 a year to fund a suicide prevention hotline, unlike an earlier draft that proposed passing a bill to…

Wisconsin's Ruffed Grouse Season Shortened

MISHICOT, Wis. (AP) - The season for hunting ruffed grouse in the northwestern two-thirds of Wisconsin has been shortened by more than three weeks. The state Department of Natural Resources board voted Wednesday to make the change over concerns about…

Midday Update 9-25-19

Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Wednesday, September 25, 2019.

Tornado Causes Damage as Storms Rip Western Wisconsin

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - At least one confirmed tornado touched down as severe storms ripped through western Wisconsin, damaging homes and other structures near the Chippewa-Dunn county line. Chippewa County Sheriff…

Morning Update 9-25-19

Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Wednesday, September 25, 2019.

Memo Shows Trump Fixated on Mueller Probe

WASHINGTON (AP) - The memo summarizing President Donald Trump's call with the Ukraine leader shows the president's lingering fixation on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Trump flippantly refers to the ex-FBI director as a “man named Robert Mueller''…

Juul to End Product Advertising and Replace CEO

NEW YORK (AP) - Juul Labs will no longer promote its e-cigarettes in print, digital and TV advertisements and is replacing its CEO amid an escalating backlash against vaping nationwide. The nation’s largest e-cigarette maker also pledged Wednesday not to…

Mechanic Shops Prepare for Winterization Boom

DULUTH, Minn.- It may be warm now, but winter will be here before you know it. Mechanics at shops like Automedics in Duluth told us people start coming in to winterize their vehicles when…

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