Duluth News Tribune

  U.S. Forest Service officials said Wednesday they were fairly confident that no additional campers were in distress in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after thunderstorms downed many trees and injured a number of people a day earlier. Crews fanned out across the...

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will close an Oak Island dock area temporarily following an increase in bear activity, officials announced Wednesday. Beginning Friday, the dock will be closed to overnight and most day-use. Some campsites on the island will be closed. Two resident...

Fewer Minnesota deer hunters will get the chance to shoot antlerless deer this fall, under conservative deer hunting regulations announced Wednesday by the Department of Natural Resources. Faced with fewer deer in many areas of the state following two severe winters and high hunter...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of safety standards for transporting crude oil and ethanol by rail, after a number of explosive accidents over the past year. The draft rules, which are subject to a 60-day public comment period, propose new...

Minnesota Power reported Wednesday morning that areas surrounding St. Mary’s Lake in Eveleth remain without power following Tuesday’s thunderstorm that dropped trees on power lines and felled power poles throughout Northern Minnesota. Additional crews from Duluth and Cloquet...

A home on the 6500 block of Island Lake Dam Road north of Duluth was a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon. Two juvenile males were in the home at the time of the blaze, but evacuated without injury, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office reported. Responding alongside...

A financial review by the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor of the Duluth school district’s $315 million Red Plan revealed few new details, to the disappointment of the plan’s opponents. Past Duluth School Board candidate Loren Martell spent about 18 months working to gather...

The young woman at the center of Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell’s sexual misconduct case testified Tuesday that Scannell pressed her to engage in sexual intercourse, even after he told her he could get in legal trouble for it. The 19-year-old told jurors that she resisted his...

ST. PAUL — Minnesotans entering their sixth year of a fund that pays for a variety of outdoor projects have some advice for their North Dakota neighbors who this fall may decide to implement a similar fund: Work out spending details early. One of the few major problems encountered...