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First Alert: Heavy rain with chance for severe storms Tuesday
AFTERNOON/TONIGHT: This afternoon we will have mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Tonight we will remain mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers with an isolated thunderstorm possible. Lows will be in the 40s. TUESDAY: Tuesday morning, we will start out with only a slight chance of rain, but...
Search continues for 2 missing canoeists in northeastern Minnesota, parts of Boundary Waters closed
DULUTH, Minn. — Parts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota have been temporarily closed as a search for two missing canoeists continues. On Sunday, officials with the Superior National Forest announced an emergency closure order due to search and rescue efforts on Iron Lake. The closed areas include land and water in St. Louis County, including Iron Lake, the LaCroix-Bottle portage and LaCroix-Iron portage, and Crooked Lake west of Sunday Bay. Restrictions went into effect Monday and will remain in effect until Wednesday. 2 canoeists missing after going over a waterfall Officials with the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office say they received...
Duluth’s ‘Substance Use Response Team’ Coordinator Talks Opioid Crisis
DULUTH, Minn. — Last year in Duluth, a record number of opioid-related overdoses were recorded. There were a total of 480 opioid-related overdoses, including 46 deaths. In 2013, there were 42 opioid-related overdoses and one death. Jessica Nickila, coordinator of the Duluth Police Department’s Substance Use Response Team (SURT),...
Ask Dr. Dylan: A doozy of a tick season
As we spend more time outside this Summer, Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine physician, with St. Luke’s, offers his advice on dealing with ticks. Dr. Dylan: With the mild winter, ticks will be very active this year. We’ve been seeing cases over the past month and a half or so which is quite early. Activity usually increases throughout the spring months, peaks in summer and drops off over fall. It’s worth mentioning that depending on the weather tick bites can occur any time of the year.
Two Harbors Silver Creek Road Construction
Motorists should expect to experience delays May 22-23 on Highway 61 north of Two Harbors at Silver Creek. The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be completing mill and overlay pavement on the road. The Silver Creek Project includes construction of a new bridge to replace box culvert – which includes...
Public meeting on Hartley Pond and Dam Feasibility Study
The City of Duluth along with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public meeting regarding the Hartley Pond and Dam Feasibility Study on Thursday, May 23. Organizers say the meeting will include a presentation of the recommended alternative identified during the course of the Feasibility Study and a description of next steps. The event will begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Hartley Nature Center, 3001 Woodland Ave.
From the saltie to the train, those long wind turbine blades are heading out
They sailed in on the Stevie on Sunday. And now, those massive wind turbine blades have been unloaded and are getting ready to leave for western Canada. At 260 feet long, they are among the longest to ever arrive in the Twin Ports, according to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
Fundraising walk held for Duluth girl after life-saving transplant
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Nearly 300 people took part in a fundraising walk in Duluth Saturday morning to help raise money for a young girl who’s recently received a new heart. Roya Snyder is a first-grader at Lester Park Elementary who recently returned home after a life-saving...
Windy Final Day at the Duluth Airshow Didn’t Stop the Fun
DULUTH, Minn. — Sunday was the final day of the 15th Duluth Air and Aviation Expo. Crowds gathered with their eyes to the sky to catch a glimpse of this year’s performers. “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great day to be an America and wave the flag,” said long-time announcer Rob Reider. “The 2024 Duluth Air and Aviation Expo…starts now!”
Poplar to Papua: Search continues for missing P-38 fighter plane
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - It’s been almost two weeks since Justin Taylan and his Pacific Wrecks crew headed across the ocean in search of a Northland legend’s WWII fighter plane. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center spent the weekend at the Duluth Airshow with a...
National Safe Boating Week begins
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - President Biden signed a proclamation Saturday declaring this as National Safe Boating Week 2024. It’s a tradition that goes back to the Eisenhower administration in the 1950s. National Safe Boating Week is geared towards getting boaters’ minds back on the rules of the...
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