Local Leaders Seek Community Input on Future of Canal Park
DULUTH, Minn. - Imagine Canal Park is a new initiative with the goal to make that area a spot for residents and not just tourists. In June, Duluth received a…
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Superior city budget nearing final stages
SUPERIOR, Wisc. - Superior's city budget is in the final stages and getting ready to go to city council. The roughly $29 million budget features in increase in the Neighborhood Improvement Fund,…
Supreme Court Backs Dayton Veto of Legislature Budget
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court says Gov. Mark Dayton's veto of the Legislature's budget was constitutional. The ruling Friday is counter to a lower-court ruling this summer that Dayton had acted unconstitutionally, but is not the…
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate in Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis. - A Democrat hoping to be Wisconsin's next governor visited the city Thursday. 25 year-old Bob Harlow was actually the first Democrat in the 2018 Wisconsin Gubernatorial race. His…
Committee Approves $76 Billion Wisconsin Budget
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The $76 billion Wisconsin budget is headed to the state Assembly and Senate for approval. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee passed the two-year spending plan Wednesday night on a party line vote, more than two months…
House Passes $7.9B Harvey Disaster Aid Package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has passed a $7.9 billion Harvey aid package. Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm even as while an ever, more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419 to…
US to Phase Out Young Immigrants Program
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has announced that it will wind down a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday called the program known as DACA as an "unconstitutional exercise of authority by the…
Foxconn, Electric Vehicle Fees in Wisconsin Up for Vote
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee is pushing to complete its work this week on the two-year-spending plan that's two months overdue. Votes that could be taken as early as Tuesday include whether to impose a new…
US Envoy Tells UN: North Korean Leader is 'Begging for War'
NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea’s leader is “begging for war,” the U.S. ambassador said Monday at an emergency…
Trump Traveling to Texas for Briefings on Harvey Recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confronting Harvey's fury, President Donald Trump made an all-out push Tuesday to show the federal government's responsiveness to the massive storm that has lashed the Texas coast and caused catastrophic flooding.…
Sessions: Drug Overdoses 'Top Lethal Issue' in the US
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling the epidemic of drug overdose deaths "the top lethal issue" in the U.S. and urged everyone "create and foster a culture that's hostile to drug use." Sessions delivered the…
Legal Battle Over Budget Veto Rests with Supreme Court
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The fate of the legal battle between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers now rests with the Minnesota Supreme Court. The two sides took their…
New Task Force Designed to Cut Red Tape
DULUTH, Minn. - The City Council wants to make starting a small business in Duluth easier. Recently, the council approved a resolution creating a new Red Tape Reduction Task Force. The…
Franken Impressed with Reservation's Renewable Energy
CARLTON, Minn. - To wrap up his two-day visit to the Northland, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) stopped on the Fond du Lac Reservation Tuesday. Senator Franken serves on…
Republican State Sen. David Osmek Announces Bid for Governor
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota state Sen. David Osmek is the latest Republican to announce a run for governor in 2018. Minnesota state Sen. David Osmek is the latest Republican to announce a run for governor in 2018. Osmek launched…
