Duluth News Tribune

Former Minnesota Duluth defenseman Jon Rohloff filed a lawsuit against the NHL, according to several media outlets, alleging he suffered concussions that were improperly diagnosed and treated by the NHL. Rohloff totaled 31 goals and 74 points in 139 games between 1988-93 for the...

CARLTON — The former Carlton County transfer station employee accused of stealing upwards of $1 million from the county is close to reaching a settlement with prosecutors, attorneys said at a Wednesday hearing.   Joanne Marie Wappes, 63, appeared in State District Court in...

The Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is asserting that a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Mesabi Nugget facility was wrong, and wants the federal regulator to reverse its variance ruling for the Iron Range mine. In a letter to...

While the state of Minnesota struggles to roll out sweeping reforms in the way it provides services to people with physical and mental disabilities, one group is no longer waiting for change from the top down. Instead, the Self-Advocates of Minnesota, or SAM, is counting on a grass-roots...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A Mendota Heights police officer was shot and killed this afternoon during a traffic stop near Dodd Road and Smith Avenue in West St. Paul, according to Dakota County dispatch. City Council member Ultan Duggan said the officer died from his injuries suffered...

Responding to calls for his resignation, Archbishop John Nienstedt said Wednesday that he will remain at the helm of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Nienstedt has come under fire in recent months for his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. “I have acknowledged...

A lightning strike to a roof peak Tuesday ignited an attic fire at a home on the 3900 block of Fountain Gate Drive. Duluth firefighters reached the fire at just after 8 p.m., and kept it from spreading to the living space of the two-family dwelling. Residents were occupying the...