The St. Louis County Board will meet in an emergency session and is expected to declare a state of local disaster following this week’s heavy rain and flooding event. The Special Emergency Meeting will take place today, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Lake Vermilion Room, Virginia Public Works Building, 7823 Highway 135 in Virginia.
NORTH STAR TOWNSHIP, Minn. — An 18-year-old man was arrested after authorities said he fired two rounds from a handgun during an altercation at a bonfire early Aug. 9. St. Louis County sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Pequaywan Lake Road and Fox Farm Road after receiving
With Minnesota currently importing 100% of its fossil fuels, solar power adds “homegrown” renewable sources of energy to the building and the state’s electrical grid.
By DANA KAZEL St. Louis County's request for funding to stabilize the eroding shoreline of the privately-owned Scandia Cemetery, has cleared an important hurdle. The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) today voted to include $1.44 million for the project on its list of recommendations
"It's important for people to recognize that we could be dealing with air quality impacts for a long time to come. These impacts could likely vary from day to day, and even hour by hour; and may also vary depending based on location across our large county." -- Amy Westbrook
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police cited a 20-year-old Hermantown man after investigators identified him as one of four people allegedly involved in dumping soap into the Fountain of the Wind in Canal Park. Travis Sundberg was issued a citation for public nuisance, police said Tuesday. Three other people believed
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police arrested a 42-year-old Chicago man Tuesday in connection with a weekend shooting downtown that left two people with minor injuries. Michael Triplett was arrested on suspicion of three counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, intentionally discharging a firearm under circumstances that
Financial need alone will not carry two operating referendum questions across the finish line Nov. 3. The district must confront a trust issue that has accumulated over two decades and explain why voters should believe the next 10-year, $103 million plan be better than the plans that preceded it.
DULUTH, Minn. — Authorities seized more than 1,200 grams of cocaine and several other controlled substances Monday while searching the Duluth residence of a man arrested a day earlier on suspicion of first-degree fentanyl sales. Hermantown police arrested Cody Husemoller, 33, on Sunday, Aug. 9. The Lake Superior Violent
