Active Adventures: Keeping Your Body Healthy in Cool Weather
DULUTH, Minn. - As Fall ushers in cool weather, many Northlanders may feel a change in their body. Annita Winkels, DPT, visited FOX 21 to give some tips on keeping the body…
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Grandparents Parenting Over Again
PROCTOR, Minn- Some would say that parenting is tough to begin with, but what if you had to do it all over again as a grandparent? Sadly it's not uncommon in the Northland…
Walk With Walker Returns To Northland
CABLE, Wis. -- The "Walk with Walker" campaign is once again in the Northland. It's goal is to spread the message of health and fitness throughout the state. For the 61st…
Wisconsin to Fund Child Health Insurance Program
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin health officials say the expiration of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program won't immediately affect children and families in the state. Wisconsin Public Radio reports the program provides health coverage to families that make too…
Expert Advice On Coping During Tragedies
DULUTH, Minn. - While the country mourns and tries to make the slightest sense of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, mental health experts are speaking out. Extreme tragedies can…
Local Relief Heading to Hurricane Victims in the Caribbean
DULUTH, Minn. - Last month multiple hurricanes blasted their way through much of the Caribbean including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Recovery efforts are just beginning down there and today, one…
Third Annual Walk for Wishes held at UMD
DULUTH, Minn. - Some Northland families came together on Sunday to make wishes come true for local children. It was the 3rd Annual Walk for Wishes at Bagely Nature Center at…
Hospice Patients Remembered
DULUTH, Minn. - Patients who died in the Essentia Health hospice program were remembered at a special memorial services in Duluth and Superior. Family members lit candles in remembrance of their…
Breast Cancer Imaging Conference Held in Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - Breast cancer awareness month kicks off on October 1st and medical providers were in Duluth this weekend for the annual Breast Cancer Imaging Conference. The conference teaches professionals…
Health Secretary Price Resigns Amid Travel Flap
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump’s health secretary has resigned, after his travel on costly charter flights triggered investigations and angered his boss. Tom Price’s partial repayment and public regrets couldn’t save his job. The…
Hermantown's Wellness Center To Break Ground In 2018
HERMANTOWN, Minn. - Plans for Hermantown's new wellness center are getting closer to breaking ground. Hermantown city officials say the design phase should wrap up by the end of October with…
FDA Approves 1st Blood Sugar Monitor Without Finger Pricks
(AP) - Federal regulators have approved the first continuous blood sugar monitor for diabetics that doesn't need backup finger prick tests. Current models require users to test a drop of blood twice daily to calibrate, or adust, the monitor. The…
Castle Danger's 'Pints For A Cause' Helps PAVSA
DULUTH, Minn. - Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors is wrapping up another month of what they call "Pints for a Cause." September's cause has been Duluth's PAVSA, which helps…
Caring Corner Cube Gives Back To Those In Need
DULUTH, Minn. A West Duluth resident has started a new way to give back to her neighbors. It's called the "caring corner cube" and it's located at the intersection of 8th St.…
Cloquet Community Garden Celebrates First Harvest
CLOQUET, Minn. The newly established Cloquet Community Garden has become quite the hit around town. Located at the Zion Lutheran Church, the garden consist of 36 different plots that were planted by…
