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Suspect in Superior homicide arrested in Duluth

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:07 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Police have released the name of a man shot dead while sitting in his vehicle outside a manufacturing company in Superior, Wisconsin

In Duluth, trying to cut waste by studying it

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:41:28 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - The city of Duluth is digging deep into its trash to try to figure out how to make less of it.

Taconite tax will help pay for Iron Range schools

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:16 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - A Minnesota taconite iron ore tax increase will be used to rebuild and retool Iron Range schools.

Officer's assault trial moved from St. Louis Co.

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:23 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - A trial for a Duluth police officer accused of assaulting a man in a wheelchair at a detox center has been moved out of St. Louis County because of pretrial publicity.

Old St. Louis County jail open for filmmakers

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:06 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - The owner of the former St. Louis County jail has a new idea for repurposing the building that's been vacant for 18 years: allow artists to use it for film shoots.

Synthetic drug ordinances proposed in Duluth

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:08 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - A Duluth City Council member is proposing ordinances to regulate businesses that sell synthetic drugs and punish people who use them.

Hibbing kicks off annual Dylan Days this week

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:02 -0400

HIBBING, Minnesota - The northeastern Minnesota city of Hibbing kicks off its annual celebration of Bob Dylan this week.

Man killed in Superior industrial accident

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:32:47 -0400

SUPERIOR, Wisconsin - Police say a 30-year-old man has been killed at a wood shingle manufacturer in Superior.

Minn. agency approves 4th Magnetation plant

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:06 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's citizens board has approved a company's plans to build its fourth iron ore recovery plant on the Iron Range.

Study: Less Lake Superior habitat for big trout

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:46 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - New research indicates that Lake Superior's warming water is probably already affecting its most abundant big fish: the cold water-loving siscowet lake trout.

Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:33 -0400

Duluth News Tribune, May 20

Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:07 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Wisconsin's historic Superior Entry lighthouse is free for the taking.

Renewed search for Wis. girl missing since 1996

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:04:05 -0400

SPOONER, Wisconsin - Washburn County sheriff's officials say they consider the case of a 15-year-old girl missing for 17 years still open and active.

Duluth police looking for missing 12-year-old boy

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:59:17 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Duluth police are looking for a 12-year-old boy.

Police ID man killed in Duluth bike crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:14:04 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Duluth police have released the name of a 36-year-old man who died after crashing his bicycle into a pole.

Minn. doctors caught by prescription drug abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:59:25 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - A woman spent two years going to garage sales then asking to use people's restrooms, just to steal their prescription drugs. Two 19-year-old men took turns jumping out of a moving vehicle, just to get a prescription for 30 Vicodin each time.

Researchers begin collaring Minn. moose calves

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:45:10 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Biologists have begun collaring moose calves in the second phase of an ambitious study to determine why Minnesota's moose population is declining so rapidly.

Duluth fighter wing begins training

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:23 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - It could be a little noisier in the skies over Duluth.

Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.

Minn. solar energy mandate closer to becoming law

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:17:56 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Legislation mandating that Minnesota's largest utilities use solar energy is closer to becoming law, meaning less coal will be burned and utility bills will probably increase for many state residents.

Utility expects to seek rate hike for flood damage

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:55:08 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Minnesota Power says it probably needs to raise rates to pay for damage caused by last year's historic flooding to a hydroelectric facility near Duluth.

Girl, 15, dies from ATV crash injuries in NE Minn.

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:44:10 -0400

CANYON, Minnesota - A 15-year-old girl has died after an all-terrain vehicle crash in northeastern Minnesota.

Icy lakes, storms ground loons, grebes in WI, MN

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:50:22 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - Frozen lakes and the recent spring snowstorms have conspired to ground migrating loons and grebes in parts of northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota.

Drug used to treat Lyme disease is in short supply

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:53:30 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - An antibiotic used to treat Lyme disease is in short supply in Minnesota, forcing some clinics to scramble as the tick season arrives.

Controversial head shop now paying for tattoos

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:53:14 -0400

DULUTH, Minnesota - The owner of a head shop at the center of a fight over synthetic drugs has found a new way to promote his business - paying for tattoos for customers willing to advertise his store on their bodies.