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Food seized from Minnesota warehouse due to infestation of rodents, birds and insects
ST. PAUL—Federal officials seized food from a St. Paul warehouse alleging that rodents, live birds and insects had infested the facility....
 News June 22, 2017 - 7:08pm
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Man who stopped traffic on I-94 in Minnesota dies while in custody
ST. CLOUD, Minn.—The 25-year-old man who brought traffic to a standstill on Interstate 94 while high on drugs in March recently died at...
 News June 22, 2017 - 5:05pm
Barricades surround buildings on West Third Street in Duluth earlier this month after part of the structure's roof collapsed. (file / News Tribune)
Duluth may crack down on vacant buildings
Referring to vacant buildings as "a threat to public safety," a resolution that's headed to the Duluth City Council proposes to jack up the cost...
 News June 22, 2017 - 9:30pm
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Crosby Mayor Jim Hunter is pictured at an April meeting of the Crosby City Council. Zach Kayser / Forum News Service
Facing multiple felony charges, an embattled Minn. mayor was barred from a city council meeting
The saga of Crosby mayor Jim Hunter, who was arrested in March on multiple felony charges, took another turn Thursday when the city attorney...
 News June 23, 2017 - 9:00am
Matters of record received June 22 and 23, 2017
District Court St. Louis County March 21 Gregory J. Cozzi Jr., 36, Duluth, driving after suspension, fined $200. June 16 Matthew J. Amiot,...
 News/crime June 23, 2017 - 11:23am
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Duluth school district integration money at risk
The Duluth school district could lose a longtime source of state money that pays for a dozen employees who work with the most at-risk kids....
 News June 22, 2017 - 9:30pm
A deep winter greenhouse is planned for the site behind the Denfeld Victory Garden shown here in the foreground. Construction is expected to start later this summer. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
Deep-winter greenhouse coming to West Duluth this fall
Those kale cravings may get easier to satisfy this winter. Seeds of Success is building a deep-winter greenhouse not far from Denfeld High School,...
 News June 22, 2017 - 7:51pm
Minnesota residents warned of poison hemlock
LANESBORO, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has issued warning about the dangers of the Conium maculatum plant, commonly...
 News June 22, 2017 - 4:32pm
Brendan Dassey is pictured in this undated booking photo obtained by Reuters January 29, 2016. Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Appeals court overturns conviction of 'Making a Murderer' inmate
A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 22, affirmed a decision to overturn the murder conviction of Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man serving...
 News June 23, 2017 - 9:44am
Dan Hendrickson (left) and Jeff Janecek, employees at Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center on the Mississippi River in Cohasset, hold a loon they rescued last week from a bridge at the power plant. Loons can't walk on or take off from land. The loon was released into a nearby backwater of the river, where it dove underwater and quickly joined its mate. Submitted photo
Northland power plant crew rescues land-locked loon
Loons are Olympic-caliber swimmers, designed for speed and agility underwater that enables them to outswim the fish they catch and eat. They...
 News June 22, 2017 - 4:55pm
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A valedictorian went rogue in his final speech. His school in Pennsylvania tried to shut him down.
Peter Butera, class president for the entirety of his life as a high school student - all four often-frustrating years of it - took the stage...
 News June 21, 2017 - 10:11am
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with journalists following a live nationwide broadcast call-in in Moscow, Russia June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault
WASHINGTON - Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA,...
 News June 23, 2017 - 7:23am
Actor Johnny Depp poses on a Cadillac before presenting his film The Libertine, at Cinemageddon at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo play button
'Maybe it's time': actor Johnny Depp jokes about a Trump assassination
GLASTONBURY, England - Johnny Depp courted controversy at Britain's Glastonbury music festival with a joke about assassinating Donald Trump,...
 News June 23, 2017 - 9:58am
Crews from the Duluth Fire Department quickly extinguished a fire on the Lester Park Elementary School playground on June 11. (Adelle Whitefoot / awhitefoot@lcnewschronicle.com)
Juvenile suspect identified in Lester Park fire
A juvenile who set fire to the Lester Park Elementary playground earlier this month has been identified and admitted to their involvement, the...
 News/crime June 22, 2017 - 2:19pm
North Korea calls U.S. student's death a 'mystery,' casts itself as 'biggest victim'
BEIJING - North Korea said Friday that the death of American tourist Otto Warmbier was a mystery, denying he had been tortured and casting itself as the "biggest victim" of the affair.
News June 23, 2017 - 7:48am

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