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UPDATES: Closings, Delays for Jan. 30, 31

Aitkin Public Schools: CLOSED Jan. 30 and Jan. 31 Includes all after school activities Animal Allies Humane Society: CLOSING at 5:00 p.m. Jan. 30 Ashland Schools: School will be CLOSED Jan. 30 – all evening and after school activities have been cancelled Jan. 30; the field house is closed. Closed Jan. 31 Barnum Public Schools: CLOSED Jan. 30 and Jan. 31…

DTA Offering Free Rides to Warming Center

Routes 1, 2, 3, and 5 Service to the Location

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Transit Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously to offer citizens who are traveling to-and-from the City Center West Warming Center free rides from 9:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. on evenings the warming center is open. Officials at the DTA say the action by the Board of Directors “is an additional measure being taken to support…

Minnesota Lawmakers: Tax Drug Makers Over Opioid Crisis

The Current fee is $235

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota lawmakers and activists are making a push to require drug companies to pay more of the costs of dealing with the opioid crisis. A House health and human services committee had its first hearing scheduled Wednesday on a bill to require manufacturers and wholesalers that sell or distribute opioids in Minnesota to pay registration fees…

Xcel Energy Asks Some Customers to Turn Down Thermostat

They did not Know how Many Customers are Affected

MINNEAPOLIS – Xcel Energy says the extreme cold has caused some customers to lose natural gas service in the Princeton area and has the utility issuing an appeal to other customers to turn down their thermostats. Utility spokesman Matt Lindstrom says about 150 customers lost heat as temperatures dipped into the negative 20 range Tuesday night. Lindstrom says the weather is…

Snowplows Idled in Minnesota Amid Cold

Evers Issued Execuative Order Closing all non-Essential State Offices

CHICAGO – The Minnesota Department of Transportation pulled snowplows off the roads in nearly a dozen southeastern counties because of the extreme cold , while Wisconsin added state offices and agencies to its long list of closures. Minnesota transportation officials say some snowplows were experiencing mechanical problems because of subzero temperatures Tuesday, so officials decided to idle all plows overnight….

No Mail in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin Tomorrow Due to Cold

You may have heard that "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night ...'' will prevent mail carriers from completing their appointed rounds.

You may have heard that “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …” will prevent mail carriers from completing their appointed rounds. But the unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service apparently doesn’t include the cold. Wednesday, the federal service says it will not deliver mail in all or parts of five Midwest states because of a…

Duluth Warming Center Open Tuesday Night

Duluth Harbor Mission Also Extending Hours

DULUTH, Minn. – The Warming Center will be open Tuesday due to cold temperatures. The center is open from 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. and is located at 5830 Grand Ave. CHUM Executive Director Lee Stuart says the Warming Center can accept donations of warm hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, socks, and hand warmers. All other clothing and blanket donations can…

Minnesota Governor Leaves School Closures to Local Officials

Temps are Forecasted to Plunge Below Minus 30

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won’t close schools statewide despite the extremely cold temperatures forecast for Tuesday through Thursday. The governor’s office said Monday that he’ll defer instead to local school districts to decide about closures. But he says parents and students should pay close attention to the local news and messages from their school districts on…

Duluth Police Asking for Public’s Help Locating Missing Woman

Please Call 911 if Found

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing vulnerable adult. Cecilia Joo Jerecsek, 18, has been missing since Sunday January 13. She was last seen in the 2100 block of Dunedin Avenue. Jereczek is described as 5’0 feet, 118 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing…

Body of Missing University Student Found in Upper Peninsula

Estupigan was Found Dead on Sunday

MARQUETTE, Mich. – Authorities say searchers have found the body of a Northern Michigan University student who went missing on a hike to photograph waterfalls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The search for 25-year-old Guiancarlo Estupigan began Friday in Marquette County’s Ishpeming Township and continued over the weekend. Sheriff Greg Zyburt says Estupigan was found dead Sunday afternoon. WLUC-TV reports his…