Lawsuit alleging Brett Favre sent racy texts settled
A lawsuit filed by two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre over claims he sent racy text messages has been settled, a lawyer for the women said Friday.
RELATED CONTENTArnold Road north of Duluth to reopen
The road was closed this week due to a failed culvert.
Cadillac matching suspect's car spotted at scene of Superior shooting
UPDATE: A gold Cadillac possibly associated with Juan Padilla, the man charged with killing a Duluth man, was seen at the scene of the shooting a day earlier, Superior police said today.
RELATED CONTENT2 men arrested after UK-bound plane diverted
A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight did not appear terror-related, though police were still investigating.
RELATED CONTENTMatters of record
The News Tribune publishes Matters of Record as part of its obligation to serve as a keeper of the local historical record. All items are public records submitted by the courthouse in Duluth, though minor infractions for which the potential punishment does not exceed $100 or include of local confinement may be excluded. Most defendants are also ordered to pay court and/or surcharge fees. Individual requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.
RELATED CONTENTStocks head lower, market headed for a weekly loss
The market is headed for its first weekly loss in five weeks.
18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport
Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, one in critical condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.
Homeless tornado dogs arrive in Green Bay, ready for adoption
Twenty-five four-legged companions left homeless by the devastating tornado in Moore, Okla., have arrived at a Green Bay animal shelter and are ready for adoption.
Some damage reported from 5.7 quake in northern California
An earthquake in far northeastern California did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage, including to a water tank that supplies hundreds of homes with drinking water, local authorities said Friday.
Temperatures tumble into 20s in the Northland this morning
Temperatures fell into the 20s in parts of the Northland this morning, bringing a coating of frost to many lawns and gardens. Duluth came within three degrees of its record low for the date.
MORNING UPDATE: Sorting crew puts Duluth's trash under scrutiny
A crew is in Duluth this week to sort through the garbage on the transfer floor at the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District to find out exactly what we’re throwing out that we shouldn’t be, and how much of it.
Washington interstate bridge collapse caused by truck with oversize load
A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.
RELATED CONTENTForest Service conducting controlled burn today near Iron River
Workers with Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest plan to burn approximately 2,500 acres near Iron River starting today and continuing on Saturday.
Section of St. Paul park closed after deadly landslide
St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.
RELATED CONTENTFamilies mourn fourth-graders killed in St. Paul landslide
On Thursday morning, the family of 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana learned the boy who penned the heartwarming Mother’s Day letter on the refrigerator door was dead, the second victim of Wednesday’s mudslide on a Mississippi River bluff in St. Paul.
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