Duluth News Tribune

ST. PAUL — The taxpayers of Minnesota’s Cook County could be on the hook for a big bill racked up during the 2013 prosecution of their county attorney for felony sex crimes. Without input or approval from county commissioners, a judge appointed a special prosecutor to avoid a...

Duluth Mayor Don Ness will deliver his final State of the City address on Monday at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Doors will open at 5 p.m. at the Lake Superior Ballroom, and the program is set to begin at 5:25 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The mayor’s...

ST. PAUL — Applications are being accepted to fill a vacancy on the Minnesota Supreme Court bench because of the impending retirement of Justice Alan Page, according to an announcement Friday from Gov. Mark Dayton. Page, 69, will retire at the end of August after more than 20 years...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota could be on the hook for $700 million in refunds should it lose a case pending in state tax court. The case, involving how multistate corporations calculate tax liability in Minnesota, is scheduled to be heard later this month. The $700 million figure —...

SARTELL, Minn. — Last Sunday night in Hollywood, Julianne Moore sparkled in Chanel at the Oscars as she accepted the Best Actress award for her performance of a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice.” “I’m so happy — I’m thrilled, actually — that we...

An open house will be held Thursday in Bayfield to discuss plans to replace the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore’s Little Sand Bay Visitor Center. The visitor center is in poor condition and restoration is not feasible, the National Park Service reported. Park officials want...

The Two Harbors Community Center is temporarily closed after the discovery of asbestos in the building’s floor tiles. Two Harbors City Councilor Mike Borud, who serves on the city’s public works committee, said a few broken floor tiles were found in the building. Even though...

Brackets were released this morning for next week's Minnesota high school hockey tournament and, as expected, Hermantown was rewarded for a dominant regular season with the top seed in Class A. The Hawks (25-2-1) open against unseeded Spring Lake Park (16-11-1) in a 6 p.m. quarterfinal...