SAWYER COUNTY, Wis. – According to the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office, an adult male reported missing on July 4 was found deceased near Big Timber Island. Officials say 20-year-old Gage James Backstrom of Arlington, Virginia was found around 9:00 a.m.…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A new report finds that murders decreased in Minnesota last year but rapes increased. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension released the 2018 crime report Monday. The report says violent crimes - including murder, rape, robbery,…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin System regents are set to increase student fees as well as room-and-board costs for the upcoming academic year. The regents are scheduled to vote Thursday on a 2019-20 operation budget that calls…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Officials with the state Republican Party say President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in Wisconsin this week. Charles Nichols is a spokesman for the state GOP. He says the state party learned from…
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, July 8, 2019.
SPOONER, Wis. - The Spooner Rodeo kicks off this Thursday, July 11 with the Coca-Cola Family/Youth night starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Washburn County Fairgrounds in Spooner. This year Spooner…
LUTSEN, Minn. - Beer and cider connoisseurs have the chance to indulge responsibly Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14 during the 9th annual Caribou Highlands Lodge Hopped Up Caribou Festival.…
Join FOX 21's Brett Scott and Meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a local look at news and weather making headlines Monday, July 8, 2019.
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Fire Department says one person is being treated for burns and smoke inhalation after a house fire broke out Monday morning at 2213 West 4th Street. Fire crews responded to a rapidly growing porch…
TOWER, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say a man was injured when he became trapped under a small cabin in Minnesota while trying to move it. St. Louis County Sheriff's officials say the 40-year-old man, identified as Michael A. Tam of…
DULUTH, Minn.- Some nostalgic 90s kids got crafty with their memories at Hucklebeary in Duluth today. The store hosted a 90s craft party. Those who signed up made desk accessories out of old…
DULUTH, Minn.- All the events at Bayfront the last few days have been lucrative for Canal Park businesses. The staff at 310 pub tells us even though they've been working through the concerts, they…
DULUTH, Minn.- Music lovers packed Bayfront Festival Park for the final time to hear the bands 311 and Dirty Heads Sunday night. The show concludes an impressive 5-night, back-to-back run of festivals and…
DULUTH, Minn.- A Duluth woman is raising questions regarding the ambiguous language used to define "indecent exposure" in Minnesota laws. This, after an individual called the police on the woman for being topless…
A Hermantown man died after crashing his motorcycle into a cement wall on I-35 near Lake Avenue in Duluth early Sunday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The man was identified as 32 year-old Ryan Mathisen. In the crash…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A smoky haze continues to hamper many areas in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota as a result of the wildfires in Canada. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert through Sunday for…
DULUTH, Minn.- "Bambi" was spotted on the UMD campus and needed a little help from Duluth Fire Department. The fawn was found trapped in a fence. College police called the fire department to assist…
DULUTH, Minn.- Northland–grown and internationally known folk–band 'Trampled by Turtles" has quite the following, thousands of which spent the day gathered at Bayfront Park in Duluth to hear them play at one of the…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Combine capture the flag, and paintball, and throw it in a junkyard. That's what dozens of paintballers got to experience at Superior Paintball Saturday. Once the whistle blows to begin the round,…
SUPERIOR, Wis.- Northlanders packed Pattison Park in Superior Saturday night to get a look at snakes of all shapes, sizes and colors. Participants of all ages got the rare opportunity to touch the…
HURLEY, Wis. (AP)- Six months after dropping its controversial nickname, a northern Wisconsin high school has a new moniker. According to Wisconsin Public Radio, Hurley High School will now be known as the…
MINNESOTA- Safety on the water will be a top priority this weekend. According to authorities, drunk boating is drunk driving. Law enforcement will be increasing patrols on Northland waters as part of their yearly…
DULUTH, Minn. - Planter's Nutmobile is spending some time in the Northland this week and Friday it visited the first ever Bayfront Country Jam. The 26 foot long Nutmobile is on an East to…
DULUTH, Minn. - The Mighty Thomas Carnival is up and running down by the DECC and all ages have been enjoying this carnival which has been visiting Duluth since the 1960s. Carnival…
ELY, Minn.- A man is pronounced dead Tuesday after trying to get back on his watercraft on Lake Vermillion, about 30 miles west of Ely. A resident saw 58-year-old Darrell Pfannenstein…
DULUTH, Minn. - Fourth of July can be one of the busiest times of the year for Duluth. It draws thousands of visitors from across the country. And the increase in tourism can…
HILL CITY, Minn.- The Fourth of July may be over, but that isn't stopping one small town in Minnesota from keeping the festivities going. All ages made the most of the Fourth…
GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, Minn. - According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary autopsy results determined the 58-year-old who drowned in Lake Vermilion on Tuesday died of natural causes. Saint Louis County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a water emergency in…
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) - Authorities and witnesses say a man fired gunshots hurting at least two people in a suburban Detroit neighborhood as fireworks were being set off, leading to a hours-long standoff with police. Police and residents…
