Northland men’s deaths in car crash inspire legislative action on methadone

Following the deaths of two Northland men, State Rep. Tom Huntley and State Sen. Roger Reinert say they want to hold hearings this fall to determine if more restrictions are needed on how metha­done treatment is administered in Minnesota.

Grass-roots effort on Fond du Lac Reservation seeks to stem Native Mob

After learning that authorities had found the body of a missing Floodwood woman on the Fond du Lac Reservation and — on top of that — suspected she was killed by a local member of the Native Mob gang, Bettina Johnsen decided enough was enough.

Duluth native's e-memoir recounts tale of love and loss

When Chasity Turnquist started exchanging e-mails with Anthony Glass seven years ago, it was a surreptitious relationship.

At 76, Northland woman still enjoys getting out to hunt grouse

When she was 12, growing up in Hermantown, Carol Nyholm got her first shotgun. It was a Mossberg bolt-action .410. She didn’t know it then, but those early years in the woods with her gun and her dogs would shape her life.

Victim of nationwide meningitis outbreak being treated in Duluth, family member says

One of the four Minnesota women with fungal meningitis linked to tainted steroid injections is being treated at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, the woman’s mother said on Saturday.

Police seek suspect in Central Hillside stabbing of teenage girl

A 17-year-old girl was in serious condition Saturday after being stabbed and beaten in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood earlier in the day.

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