New Lock Proposed at Soo Straights
DULUTH, Minn. - The Soo Locks at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan connect the Duluth and Superior shipping industry with the rest of the world, but the aging locks haven't been updated in…
Political News
Gov. Walker Thinking of Running for Governor Again
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -Republican Gov. Scott Walker is hinting that he'll officially announce his bid for a third term in November. Walker told WTMJ-AM radio on Monday that an announcement during the first week of November would make sense since…
Walker Signs $3 Billion Foxconn Bill into Law
MADISON, Wis.-Gov. Scott Walker has signed a $3 billion incentive package designed to lure a Foxconn Technology Group flat-screen plant to southeastern Wisconsin. Walker signed the bill Monday afternoon during a packed ceremony at a technical college in Sturtevant in…
Wisconsin Senate Begins Budget Debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Senate has begun debating the state budget 11 weeks after the $76 billion spending plan was due. Republicans entered the day one vote short of the 17 they needed to pass the plan. But…
Enbridge Protestors Arrested In Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis. Protestors hoping to keep Enbridge workers from getting into their construction site on the line 3 replacement project Thursday morning are now in trouble with the law. In a dramatic…
Duluth Police, Fire Unions Against Mayor Larson's Proposed Budget Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - The clock is ticking. Duluth fire and police departments are facing a $711,800 combined budget cut proposed by Mayor Emily Larson – a cut…
Wisconsin Assembly Begins Budget Debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly has begun debate on the $76 billion state budget, more than two months after their work was supposed to be done. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is defending the plan, saying that there…
Duluth Primary Election Results
DULUTH, Minn.-Tonight the citizens of Duluth are deciding on who they want to fill two council seats and one on the school board. Polls opened at 7 a.m. as voters are…
Tony Evers Joins Race for Wisconsin Governor
MADISON, Wis. -- The race for Wisconsin’s governor just got a little more heated with a new Democratic challenger to Republican Governor, Scott Walker. Tony Evers has announced his candidacy for the…
President Trump on 9/11: 'America Cannot be Intimidated'
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Leading his first commemoration of…
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…
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…
