City of Duluth Educates Community on Invasive Knotweed Plant
DULUTH, Minn. - The invasive Knotweed plant is becoming a growing concern for the city of Duluth. Officials held a workshop to educate contractors and land managers on ways to keep the…
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Phase Three Of The Seawall Rehabilitation Began Monday
DULUTH, Minn.- A project that was supposed to be completed last year began today in Duluth. Phase three of the Seawall rehabilitation project is now underway. As the Seawall rehabilitation project moves…
Fire Department Prepares for Water Safety this Summer
DULUTH, Minn.- As beach season gets closer the Duluth Fire Department is working to reinstall the rescue stations along Park Point beaches. The stations offered information and helpful tips, as well…
Safety Tips When You Encounter A Rip Current
DULUTH, Minn.- Know before you go. Beach season is coming and the more you know about rip currents the better your trip to the beach will be. With the way the waves…
Duluth Authorities Make 'Historic' Drug Bust
DULUTH, Minn.- The Duluth Police Department and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force are hot off a massive drug bust, that's being called the largest in the city's…
Gov. Tim Walz Celebrates Medical Expansion in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn.- Governor Tim Walz visited Duluth to speak on how the state is helping fund the upcoming St. Lukes and Essentia Health medical expansion projects. Essentia Health and St. Lukes…
Twin Ports Work Together To Tackle Growing Elder Abuse Issues
SUPERIOR, Wis-. June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month. The cities of Duluth and Superior are working together to make residents more aware of elder abuse problems in the area. Elder abuse is…
Damiano Center's Summer Food Corp Keeps Kids Busy for Summer
DULUTH, Minn. - School is almost out for kids in the Northland. The Damiano Center in Duluth is getting ready to start their Summer Food Corp program to keep kids busy…
Police: Husband Arrested After Wife Is Stabbed To Death in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating the city's second homicide of 2019 after a woman was stabbed to death by her husband in the Chester Park neighborhood Sunday evening, according to…
Update: Duluth Police Arrest man in Connection to East Hillside Shooting
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth police have identified a suspect in the Sunday East Hillside Neighborhood shooting. According to authorities, a 20-year-old male was arrested in connection to the shooting that happened on the 600 block of East Fourth Street. Police…
Update: Preliminary Cause of Death Determined for Fond du Lac Woman
BROOKSTON, Minn. - According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s office, an autopsy conducted by the Medical Examiner’s Office on Sunday determined the preliminary cause of death for Wahbinmigisi “Pennie” Robertson to be hanging. Authorities say the manner of death…
Countdown Begins to Grandma's Marathon, Volunteers Needed
DULUTH, Minn. - The countdown to Grandma's Marathon is on! The jam packed weekend of events will run June 21 - 23 this year. While the 2019 race isn't even…
Two Arrested in Largest Heroin Seizure in History for Duluth Police
DULUTH, Minn. – Two individuals were arrested on Thursday following a drug bust by the Duluth Police Department and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force. According to authorities, two search warrants were executed simultaneously at an…
Midday Update 6-3-19
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, June 3, 2019.
Court Reverses Regulators' Decision on Pipeline's Impact
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - An appeals court has reversed a decision by Minnesota utility regulators who approved the environmental impact statement for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline. The Star Tribune reports the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday the…
Duluth Monarch Buddies to Host 4th Annual Festival
DULUTH, Minn. - Environmental experts say the Monarch population has dwindled by 90 percent over the past 20 years. To combat the issue and raise awareness, Duluth Monarch Buddies is hosting…
Update: Mall of America Attacker Gets 19 Years in Prison
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man who threw a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. Emmanuel Aranda showed little emotion and said almost nothing as he…
Cell Tower Project Underway on Wisconsin Tribe's Reservation
RED CLIFF, Wis. (AP) - A Native American tribe in Wisconsin is constructing a cell tower that's part of a multibillion-dollar effort to build a nationwide public safety broadband network to improve emergency communications. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the…
Morning Update 6-3-19
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, June 3, 2019.
Man to be Sentenced for Throwing boy From Mall Balcony
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man who threw a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota faces 19 years in prison when he's sentenced. Emmanuel Aranda is scheduled to be sentenced Monday before Hennepin County…
Man Killed in Pequaywan Township ATV crash
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. – A 25-year-old Two Harbors man died Sunday after an ATV rollover near Pequaywan Lake Road. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call of an ATV rollover on Rossini Road…
One Injured in East Hillside Shooting
DULUTH, Minn,- Duluth Police are investigating a shooting in the East Hillside Neighborhood. Around 12:30 Sunday afternoon on the 600 block of East Fourth Street, Police arrived to find a forty-two year-old man…
Morgan Park 5K Raises Money for Local Church
DULUTH, Minn.- The weather was nice enough Sunday for runners to lace up their sneakers and participate in 5K's, including one in Duluth's Morgan Park neighborhood. The United Protestant Church hosted…
Seawall Rehabilitation Nears Completion
DULUTH, Minn.- The seawall rehabilitation project in Canal Park is in the home stretch and should be complete before Grandma's Marathon. The project has been done in phases and starting this…
Celebrating Ramadan in the Northland
DULUTH, Minn.- The evening of May 5th marked the beginning of the holiest month of the year in Islam. The month when God, or Allah, revealed the first verses of…
Hands-Free Driving Law Begins August 1
DULUTH, Minn - Starting August 1st it will be illegal to have a phone in your hand at all while driving in Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz signed the bill into law earlier…
4 Corners Store Holds Celebration to Thank Loyal Customers
SUPERIOR, Wis.- The 4 Corners Store in Superior, off County Road A, held a grand opening celebration to say thank you to their loyal customers. The shop actually took over new ownership…
Ursa Minor Brewing and Habitat for Humanity Host Diffe'RUN'ce 5K
DULUTH, Minn.- Ursa Minor Brewing hosted a fun–run that benefited the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. "Part of our mission at Ursa Minor is to give back to our community and give our customers…
Updated: Missing Woman's Body Discovered On Fond Du Lac Reservation
The body of a missing woman, Wahbinmigisi “Pennie” Robertson, 31, of the Fond du Lac Reservation, has been found, according to tribal spokeswoman Makayla Telfer. The body was discovered by a search party around 6 p.m. Saturday near a rural community within…
Duluth Police Investigate Shooting in East Hillside
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth police were investigating a shooting in the East Hillside neighborhood that injured a man. The shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. Sunday at an apartment complex on the 600 block of East 4th Street. When police…
