Minnesota Power To Pay For State Park Improvements

Minnesota Power has agreed to make $53,000 in improvements at Jay Cooke State Park instead of paying a penalty for stormwater violations. The MPCA says Minnesota Power hired a contractor in 2012 to do excavation work near the utility's boat launch on the Island Lake reservoir in Duluth. But the MPCA says they didn't have a proper state permit and failed to take the proper precautions to prevent sediment from flowing into the reservoir, a popular fishing and recreation spot. They later took corrective actions.

• Jul 11, 2014

Husband & Wife Injured In ATV Rollover In St. Louis Co.

Alcohol may have been a factor in an ATV crash that injured a husband and wife in St. Louis County Friday. The accident happened 15 miles west of Cook, Minn. on Highway 5, when driver Terry Treloar and his wife and passenger Joann were riding on a side-by-side ATV.

• Jul 5, 2014

Finding Minnesota: Rock Climbing With Positive Energy Outdoors

The people of Duluth are enjoying some national recognition. Readers of Outside Magazine voted online and declared Duluth the best town in the nation. It does offer plenty of ways to get people off the couch and out of the house, from hiking and biking to kayaking and climbing. And many people get started at a young age.

• Jun 29, 2014

Registration For 2015 Grandma's Opens Tuesday

Registration for the 2015 Grandma's Marathon opens next week. Runners can go online to www.GrandmasMarathon.com on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. Central time to register for the annual Two Harbors-to-Duluth race.

• Jun 26, 2014

Man Wins Grandma's Marathon In Record Time

Thousands of runners were on hand Saturday for the annual Grandma's Marathon race, one of the most popular in Minnesota ever year.

• Jun 22, 2014

Kenyan Wins Grandma's Marathon In Record Time

A 26-year-old Kenyan runner has set a record at Grandma's Marathon, beating the previous mark by 31 seconds. A Minneapolis Star Tribune report says Dominic Ondoro finished in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 6 seconds. He beat second-place finisher Christopher Kipyego by 2 minutes, 51 seconds.

• Jun 21, 2014

Duluth Voted The 'Best Town In America'

The votes are in and the best town in America is? You betcha, it's Duluth, Minnesota. Outside Magazine asked voters which town was the best place to live, if they love an active lifestyle.

• Jun 16, 2014

DNR Steps Up Fight Against Zebra Mussels

It's the first day of a new job for Erik Ziegler. The Vermillion College student is on summer break, and working the front line of Minnesota's war against zebra mussels. "If you sell a boat, a trailer or a lift and someone else buys it, I mean, [zebra mussels] can even be transported to another lake and it will just spread like wildfire," Ziegler said.

• Jun 10, 2014

Specialized Divers Begin Plane Crash Recovery

Two commercial divers with expertise in deep diving have been hired to recover the body of a pilot whose small plane crashed into Lake Superior.

• Jun 9, 2014

Body Recovered After Plane Crashes In Lake Superior

A body has been found in the wreckage of a plane in Lake Superior. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office received a call at about 11:24 a.m. Saturday reporting that a single engine aircraft had taken off from the Duluth International Airport, gone off the radar and was believed to have crashed into Lake Superior.

• Jun 8, 2014

Authorities Search Lake Superior For Crashed Plane

Authorities in Duluth are searching for a plane that may have crashed into Lake Superior. Duluth Fire Department officials say that they have a boat out searching a possible debris field, but visibility is poor due to the fog.

• Jun 7, 2014

Gypsy Moth Spraying Set For Duluth

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is preparing to treat about 1,200 acres in Duluth to slow the spread of a gypsy moth infestation. Depending on the weather, officials are set to conduct the treatment on Thursday.

• Jun 6, 2014

Duluth Beats Minneapolis In 'Best Town' Showdown

When it comes to the best places to live in America, voters say Duluth takes the cake over Minneapolis -- according to Outside's online poll.

• Jun 4, 2014

DFL Party's Face Voter Turnout Challenge

Minnesota Democrats face a major challenge as they seek to keep Gov. Mark Dayton and U.S. Sen. Al Franken in office -- getting their supporters to show up at the polls. Republicans face the challenges of uniting the party after a fractured state convention and a potentially divisive primary campaign ahead.

• Jun 1, 2014

DFL Endorses Us Sen. Al Franken For Re-Election

U.S. Sen Al Franken has won the endorsement of Minnesota Democrats for a second term. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention delegates in Duluth backed him by acclamation and welcomed him to the stage at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

• May 31, 2014

DFL Endorses Dayton For Re-Election As Governor

Minnesota Democrats have endorsed Gov. Mark Dayton for re-election to a second term. Delegates to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's state convention in Duluth gave Dayton a strong voice vote of confidence on Saturday, He was unopposed.

• May 31, 2014

DFL Endorses Lori Swanson For Attorney General

Minnesota Democrats have endorsed Lori Swanson for a third term as attorney general. Swanson won an easy voice vote Saturday. The attorney general then told DFL convention delegates her office takes on some powerful interests. But she says the important thing is not who they're fighting against.

• May 31, 2014

Minnesota DFL Party Convention Convenes In Duluth

Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convened Saturday with delegates poised to endorse Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken for second terms. Around 1,300 delegates gathered at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center to hear speakers praise the state's Democratic elected officials for using their control of state government to champion their values. They cited new laws to raise the state's minimum wage, invest in public schools and infrastructure projects, and legalize gay marriage.

• May 31, 2014

Minnesota Woman Sentenced In Landlord Killing

A Duluth woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the fatal stabbing of her former landlord.

• May 29, 2014

Grandma's Marathon Registration Closes May 31

Registration for the 38th running of Grandma's Marathon closes May 31. As of Thursday, the annual Two Harbors-to-Duluth race had more than 7,400 runners in the field.

• May 23, 2014

Man Gets 30 Years In Duluth Landlord Killing

A northeastern Minnesota man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally stabbing a Duluth landlord. Forty-two-year-old Raymond Weeks pleaded guilty in March to intentional second-degree murder.

• May 22, 2014

Harsh Winter Kills Thousands Of Fish On Grand Lake

Last winter's heavy snowfall is partly to blame for a fish kill that took out tens of thousands of walleye, bass, northern pike and other species on Grand Lake near Duluth. Dan Wilfond, Department of Natural Resources fisheries specialist for the Duluth area, said even bullhead were among the species affected — an indicator that the fish kill was fairly severe. He estimates roughly 35,000 fish died.

• May 16, 2014

Person Of Interest Arrested In Connection To Virginia Homicide

A person of interest in connection to the killing of a Virginia, Minn., man was arrested Sunday evening by BCA agents and police in northern Minnesota.

• May 5, 2014

UMD Plans Center To Train New Generation Of Miners

The University of Minnesota-Duluth is creating a new program to turn out more graduates who can work in the mining field. UMD geology professor Jim Miller says the goal of the Mineral Resources Center is to graduate people with a full understanding of the mining cycle, even if they specialize in certain areas.

• Apr 23, 2014

Police Investigate Body Discovery In Duluth

Duluth police are investigating the discovery of a body. Police say a passer-by Tuesday noticed the body near an intersection along a fence and brush line.

• Apr 15, 2014

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