DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Public Library kicked off their annual summer concert series on Thursday night, but added an additional twist this year. Each Thursday night for the next four weeks, the library is hosting a different band to play out in front of the library from 6:30-7:30 p.m. But instead of just getting to enjoy the concert, locals…
DULUTH, Minn. – There are more than 350,000 veterans in Minnesota. The latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the unemployment rate for Minnesota veterans at almost six percent. In some cases veterans from all military branches depend on programs like one called “Helmets to Hardhats” that offer career opportunities. Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed July Hire a…
DULUTH, Minn. – The best way to enjoy this beautiful summer weather is by spending days and nights out on the lake. And that’s exactly what many Duluth residents have been doing thanks to the weekly sailboat races. The Duluth Yacht Club holds the races every Wednesday night and there are three different sessions: summer, fall and spring. For the…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior is letting students get a sense of what life is like as a museum curator. This is the first year for the Junior Curator Program. Eighteen students from Superior Middle School spend a week at the museum working on an exhibit about a local veteran. The exhibits will…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Exactly three months to the day since the Superior Husky Energy explosion and company leaders come forward praising the company’s continued economic advancement to the city. The Wisconsin location should be running normal operations within 18 to 24 months, but in the mean time continues to employee the same, if not more workers than before the event. Between…
DULUTH, Minn.- Not guilty is the verdict for a Duluth man who had been accused of a Lincoln Park murder. Aaron Humphreys was accused of killing 47–year–old Eric Burns at the Bedrock Bar, back in October of 2016. The jury was sequestered overnight and came to a verdict early Thursday morning. Humphreys found not guilty of second-degree murder but found guilty of illegal…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- One community is celebrating the abilities of people with disabilities, all while raising money for a local organization. The North Country Independent Living Expo at Superior’s Mariner Mall was held Thursday. The event is a staple for the community, hosting numerous free activities and food. But it’s also a hub for disability organizations highlighting services offered locally. “The…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a woman who drowned in a lake in northern Minnesota. Beltrami County authorities identify the victim as 32-year-old Amber Jackson of Cass Lake. Jackson’s body was pulled from Lake Bemidji on Wednesday. Drowning is listed as the preliminary cause of death. No trauma was found. More tests are pending. Categories:…
(AP) MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin regulators have signed off on American Transmission Company’s plan to build a new substation and transmission lines to power Foxconn Technology Group’s massive flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant. The Public Service Commission voted 3-0 on Thursday to approve the project. The work is expected to cost between $117 million and $120 million depending on…
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The 19 percent loss in Facebook’s stock chopped $119 billion off its market value. It was the company’s worst trading day since going public in 2012, and among the biggest one-day losses of market value in U.S. stock market history. The loss came a day after Facebook revealed that its user base and revenue…
Photo: COO Rob SymondsSUPERIOR, Wis. – Husky Energy announced today they plan on reopening their refinery within the next two years after suffering an explosion exactly three months ago. During a conference call with investors today they said they have spent $53 million CAD in connection with the project which is equivalent to about $41 million USD. They also suffered…
CHISHOLM, Minn. – City council members are once again calling for councilor Kevin Scaia’s resignation. Scaia was found guilty earlier this month of fifth-degree criminal conduct. He was found guilty of the crime after he groped a woman’s breasts at a bar in 2017. A similar resolution was passed by the council last year. The interim City Administrator for Chisholm…
(David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)(AP) – United Natural Foods is buying Supervalu for $1.26 billion, creating a grocery food wholesaler with a diverse customer base. United Natural Foods of Providence, Rhode Island, said Thursday it’s paying $32.50 per share in cash, or a premium of 67 percent, for each share of Supervalu Inc. Including the assumption of debt, the deal…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to pay for surgeries that two transgender Medicaid recipients need to treat their gender dysphoria. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Cody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie filed a lawsuit in April, saying the state’s rule denying all coverage for such surgeries violates their civil rights. U.S. District Judge William…
For this week’s Cooking Connection we had the new Toppers Pizza cook us an ‘Old School Sausage and Pepperoni’ pizza! RECIPE: The dough was made from scratch, topped with a homemade pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, thick-cut spicy pepperoni, hand-pinched Italian sausage and garlic-roasted tomatoes. Baked for 6 minutes and voila! They also feature a nacho pizza, buffalo chicken mac and cheese,…
DULUTH, Minn. – Eager shoppers will want to check out downtown Duluth this Friday evening. The owners of Hucklebeary and Market Day Duluth have teamed to provide the Northland with a pop-up market, complete with many local vendors listed below. Pretty Gritty Body Atelier and Stone Lange Pottery Wooley Wearables Hucklebeary is located at 106 East Superior Street in Duluth….
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Online shoppers in Minnesota will soon have to pay more on goods and services in their digital shopping carts. The Minnesota Department of Revenue said Wednesday that it’s requiring online sellers operating out of state to start collecting state sales taxes by Oct. 1. It’s a response to last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Two Minnesota teenagers are suing the Minnesota State High School League because they are not allowed to dance on the girls’ competitive dance teams at their schools. Sixteen-year-olds Dmitri Moua of Maplewood and Zachary Greenwald of Minnetonka filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday with help from the Pacific Legal Foundation, which has worked on similar cases in Minnesota…
DULUTH, Minn. – The verdict is in for the Aaron Humphreys murder case with the jury finding Humphreys not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of fifth degree assault and guilty of possession of a firearm. The jury comprised of nine women and three men reconvened Thursday morning after a nine hour deliberation on Wednesday. Humphreys, 44, had been on trial…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) – A 12-hour standoff between police and a man said to be armed with a gun has ended in the parking lot of a Costco store in Burnsville, but authorities have not yet released how the situation was resolved. Police say the standoff ended about 5 a.m. Thursday and that there is no threat to the community….
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DULUTH, Minn. – Over 80 veterans visited the Duluth Workforce Center on Wednesday for the third annual veteran job fair. This is part of the Hire a Vet month, which is an official proclamation by the government. This year’s job fair hosted over 30 different companies to help give veterans the chance to find jobs. Companies ranged from mining jobs,…
Duluth, Minn.- .The “Duluth Model” has received worldwide praise for its work correcting domestic violence and abuse. At the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program on Superior St., people from across the world trained to implement the model in their communities. Yet trainees are forced to ask themselves: if you were facilitating a rehab program like this, would you be ready to work…
DULUTH, Minn.- Lake Superior’s force and lack of access inside some storm sewers are causing a nightmare for engineers with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the city of Duluth. A normal roadway may be all that you see driving along Interstate-35 to the off ramp of Lake Avenue on a sunny day, but even the slightest amount of rain…
DULUTH, Minn. – Working in the construction industry in Minnesota may pay you more and put more money into your pocket compared to Wisconsin. Minnesota has surpassed Wisconsin when it comes to job growth and salary in construction. Those are a few of the findings in a new report by North Star Policy Institute. This report dives into the construction…
DULUTH, Minn. – St. Luke’s is celebrating the hundreds of lives changed through organ donation at the hospital. They’ve had more than 700 eye donors alone. A re-dedication ceremony is honoring the men and women who gave the gift of life on the Wall of Heroes. It’s a hand carved display with glass leaves representing the organ, tissue and eye…
DULUTH, Minn. – Police officers and service providers got a chance to learn about cultural differences in the American Indian community and that might help them respond more effectively to incidents of domestic and sexual violence there. The training aimed to help them better understand survivors of violence. Members of law enforcement, social workers and community agencies participated in the…
DULUTH, Minn. – Did you know Americans use hundreds of millions straws every day? Those plastic straws can end up in our oceans and can cause pollution and harm to marine life. San Francisco recently banned all plastic straws and takeout containers. Now one business in Duluth now has an alternative to help reduce plastic waste. “It’s an issue that…
DULUTH, Minn.- The jury is now deliberating the case of a Duluth man accused in a fatal shooting outside of the Bedrock Bar in West Duluth. 44–year old Aaron Demetrius Humphreys is charged in the second–degree murder of 47–year–old Eric Wayne Burns at the Bedrock Bar in West Duluth back in October 2016. A mistrial was declared twice before Humphreys third…
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Just after 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday Beltrami County Sheriff’s responded to a report of an object floating in Lake Bemidji that appeared to be a body near the Bemidji Tourist Information Center. When authorities arrived on scene they recovered the body of a female from the water. The body was transferred to the Beltrami County Coroner’s Office…
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel, hurt by the closing of Toys R Us stores, said Wednesday that it will cut more than 2,200 jobs as the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars seeks to save money. Like other toy companies, Mattel has lost sales as Toys R Us faltered. The toy retailer filed for bankruptcy…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Economic Development Authority is proposing to move forward with the demolition of the former Kozy Bar and Apartments located at 109 North 2nd Avenue East. Due to the building being considered a contributing building to the Duluth Commercial Historic District an Environmental Assessment Worksheet is required before demolition can move ahead. The EAW comment period…
(Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group via AP, File) SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A lawyer for former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner argued Tuesday that his client’s attempted rape conviction should be overturned. Turner never intended to rape an unconscious woman, he said. Eric Malthaup told a California appeals court in San Jose that Turner had his clothes on when…
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE) – As a precaution, approximately 7,000 cases of Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso Mild Cheese Dip are being voluntarily recalled because the affected product is showing signs of product separation which can lead to a potential health hazard. This could create conditions that could allow for the growth of Clostridiumbotulinum ( C. botulinum ), a bacterium…
SEATTLE (AP) – A suburban Seattle mother has been charged with felony assault following an attack last year on a sixth-grade girl at a basketball game between two Catholic schools. Authorities say 38-year-old Monique Altheimer of Kent got onto the basketball court during a December game in Seattle and choked the child who had fought with the suspect’s daughter during…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Supreme Court says a lawsuit that claims school segregation denies some students the right to an adequate education can move forward in the courts. Wednesday’s ruling comes in a class-action lawsuit filed by parents of children who attend Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools. The parents claimed that schools segregated by racial and economic factors…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative Tuesday that he offered to provide some cash to help offset their losses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $12 billion three-part plan that would borrow money from the U.S. Treasury to pay…
HOYT LAKES, Minn. – The 63rd Annual Hoyt Lakes Water Carnival is happening Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29. Organizers say you’ll have the chance to take part in family-friendly fun, games, the annual parade and fireworks display. The festival serves as the communities summer “welcome home” celebration, attracting thousands of people back to Hoyt Lakes for the weekend….
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is firing back at his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen after the release of a recording Cohen secretly made of a conversation between the two men. “What kind of lawyer would tape a client? So sad!” the president says Wednesday on Twitter. The tape, made two months before the 2016 presidential election, captures…
DULUTH, Minn. – You have the chance to help sponsor a pet and make a big difference in the Northland right now. The 2018 Fur Ball Gala is happening Saturday, October 13 at Northland Country Club. Officials with Animal Allies are asking folks to register to sponsor a pet for $250 dollars. The sponsorship comes with a pet photography shoot…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has outlined the state’s first deer management plan. The plan announced Tuesday seeks a target harvest of 200,000 whitetails. The plan is the result of a two-year effort that included meetings around Minnesota and input from a 19-member citizen advisory committee. DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr says the agency has…
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DULUTH, Minn. – Move over Whodini and make room for Brodini! The magician was the last act for the Kaleidoscope summer series at the downtown Duluth Public Library and he did not disappoint. He even invited kids and even adults on stage to get in on his comedy magician show. During the show Brodini made things disappear and appear right before…
HAYWARD, Wis. – The Lumberjack World Championships may be the place for you if you’re tired of “normal” outdoor activities… The festival hosts a number of unique events every year, from log rolling to the double buck saw, all of which are available for non-competitors at the event to learn. Many of the activities present are extremely dangerous, however. That’s…
DULUTH, Minn.- City Council President Noah Hobbs released a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding Congressman Rick Nolan’s engagement with the sexual assault harassment allegations placed on his former staffer Jim Swidurski. Rather than being fired in 2015, Swidurski was allowed to leave Nolan’s office and was then hired to work again on Nolan’s 2016 campaign. Nolan later said in hindsight he…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Superior City Council is considering on-road routes for ATVs in the city. Proposed routes through Superior would allow riders to access points in the city they couldn’t get to before on ATVs. A map of the proposed on-road ATV routes are available on the city’s website. They include East Fifth Street, Winter Street, North 58th Street,…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Three months after the Husky Energy explosion and fire, most of the 3,300 financial and health claims have been settled. Meanwhile, company officials tell us they will provide an update on the refinery on Thursday, July 26th. We may also learn more about the cause of the explosion in August. Tuesday in Superior, a nondenominational healing prayer…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Two new voting machines in Douglas County will be used in the upcoming elections. Not much will change for voters but city officials say the new technology helps keep track of votes easier. The machines are replacing 15 year–old equipment. “If someone made a very light mark there was a chance in the past that the scanner might…
