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20th Annual State of Cities Luncheon

Coffee Conversation: Motorhead Madness Returns to the DECC This Weekend

U.M.D. Psychology Department Brings Mobile Neuroscience Lab to Cloquet Middle School

New Solar Power Co-op for Northeast Minnesota

Duluth Witnesses Federal Funding Challenges; Mayor Remains "Cautiously Optimistic"

Wisconsin News

The Band 311 Draws Large Crowd to Earth Rider

Superior Family Builds Memorial for Victims of Uvalde School Shooting

Douglas County Service Office Prepares for Memorial Day Weekend at Cemeteries

Evers Issues Order Prohibiting Baby Formula Price Gouging

Wisconsin GOP Leader Open To Arming Teachers In Schools

Lawmakers Release Russia-Linked Facebook Ads

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and whip up tensions around sensitive social issues such as Islam, race and gun control. The ads…

ACA Enrollment Starts Today: Here's What to Look For

A new deadline, rising prices and fewer options for help will greet health insurance shoppers as the Affordable Care Act’s main enrollment window opens Wednesday. Also in store: Befuddlement. “Confusion seems to be one of the key words to describe…

Police: Truck Attack Suspect 'Did This in the Name of ISIS'

NEW YORK (AP) - The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a truck to mow people down…

Manhattan Truck Crash Leaves At Least 8 Dead, One in Custody

NEW YORK (CNN) - The driver of a rental truck drove down a busy bicycle path in Manhattan near the World Trade Center, killing eight people and injuring about a…

DC Court Bars Trump from Reversing Transgender Troops Policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court in Washington is barring President Donald Trump from changing the government's policy on military service by transgender people. Trump announced in an August memo that he intended to reverse course on a 2016 policy…

New York Woman Missing Since '75 Found Alive in Massachusetts

MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who disappeared from upstate New York after being dropped off for a…

Parents Charged in Death of Infant Found Rotting in Swing

ALTA VISTA, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have charged an Iowa couple with murder in the death of their 4-month-old son, whose maggot-infested body was…

Explosion at Indonesian Fireworks Factor Kills 47

TANGERANG, Indonesia (AP) - An explosion and inferno at a fireworks factory near the Indonesian capital on Thursday killed at least 47 people, most of them female workers who were apparently locked…

Bob Dylan Guitar Expected to Fetch $300K

DALLAS (AP) - A guitar played by Bob Dylan at notable concerts in the 1970s is expected to sell for more than $300,000 when it goes up for auction next month. Heritage Auctions said the…

Walgreens to Close 600 Stores Next Spring

(AP) - Walgreens plans to close about 600 drugstores as it completes a $4.38 billion deal to buy nearly 2,000 from rival Rite Aid. Company spokesman Michael Polzin said Wednesday that most of the closings will be Rite Aid stores,…

U.S. Considers Higher Entry Fees at 17 Popular National Parks

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The National Park Service is floating a steep increase in entrance fees at 17…

Trump's Refugee Ban Ends, New Screening Rules Coming

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's four-month worldwide ban on refugees ended Tuesday, officials said, as his administration prepared to unveil tougher new screening procedures. Under an executive order Trump signed earlier this year, the United States had temporarily halted…

Judge Overturns Record Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Trial

(CNN) - Judges in two separate cases have ruled in favor of pharma giant Johnson & Johnson, overturning large financial judgments awarded to plaintiffs who believe the company's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower powder products caused their ovarian cancer.…