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Court to Rule on Whether Governor Controls School Policy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court is poised to release a ruling on whether the governor or the state schools superintendent controls Wisconsin school policy. Republicans passed a law dubbed the REINS Act in 2017 that requires all…

Morning Update 6-24-19

Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, June 24, 2019.

Diving Searches Suspended for Missing Wisconsin boy

FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say they're suspending diving operations in the search for an 11-year-old boy in the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells but will continue daily water searchers. The Adams County Sheriff's Office has been leading the search…

New Minnesota Laws Target Marital Rape, Wage Theft, Opiates

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Starting July 1, Minnesotans who rape their spouses finally can be charged with sexual assault. Wage theft becomes a crime. And drug manufacturers will help shoulder the costs of the opioid epidemic. Those are some new Minnesota…

Grandma's Marathon Clean-up Continues

DULUTH, Minn. - The 43rd Annual Grandma's Marathon weekend is in the books, which means it is time for the clean up to get underway. Crews started working as soon as the race…

Northlanders Celebrate Finnish Midsummer Festival

SAGINAW, Minn. - The Finlandia Foundation Northland Chapter hosted Juhannus, or the Finnish Midsummer Festival on Sunday at Sampo Beach. An unseasonably cold and rainy day did not stop dozens of people with…

Nice Weather Pays Dividends For Grandma's Runners

DULUTH, Minn.- Weather plays a huge role in how runners will finish. Saturday, athletes took full advantage of the weather as many set personal records including a runner from New York who took 8th…

Dedicated Grandma's Fans Cheer on Racers

DULUTH, Minn.- Fans could be heard for more than 26.2 miles cheering on their friends and family running in the Grandma's Marathon races. For every one of the almost twenty thousand racers participating in grandma's…

Medical Tents Aid Runners at Grandma's

DULUTH, Minn. - Marathons require athletes to push their minds and bodies to the limit. Five medical tents throughout the course along with first aid stations at every mile marker were available along the…

Hayward Celebrates 70th Annual Musky Fest

HAYWARD, Wis. - Every summer Musky Fest is Hayward's largest celebration all about fishing and this year is no different. Thousands of people pack the streets of Downtown Hayward to take part in the…

Grandma's Tourists Enjoy the City Before Race Day

DULUTH, Minn.- While some runners were taking it easy before the big race, businesses in Canal Park were busy with people enjoying some shopping Duluth... Like Stephen Fregori and his daughter Kirra. This is…

Grandma's Friday Races Attract Thousands

DULUTH, Minn. - The Friday before Grandma's Marathon hosted two races along Duluth's shoreline leading up to the main event. Starting off with the Whipper Snapper races where kids from four to fourteen…

SAKI Grant Leads to Criminal Sexual Conduct Conviction

DULUTH, Minn. – The first case to go to trial stemming from evidence collected in the Duluth Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has resulted in a man being found guilty of criminal sexual conduct. Kenneth Clark was charged after evidence suggested…

Red Flag Warnings in Effect at Park Point Beaches

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Fire Department has issued a warning for dangerous swimming conditions for Park Point beaches effective immediately through 10:00 a.m. Saturday. The warning is due to wind and wave conditions that can support rip currents. Rip…

Wisconsin's Democratic Governor Vetoes 4 Abortion Bills

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed four abortion bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. One bill Evers vetoed Friday would have imposed criminal penalties on doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely…

Jury Awards $585K to Minneapolis cop Over License Lookups

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal jury has awarded $585,000 to a police officer who alleged that 58 fellow officers from the Minneapolis Police Department broke a federal privacy law by searching for her driver's license data without a…

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