show moreTornado watch issued for parts of the Northland
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of the Northland - including Pine County and much of Northwestern Wisconsin - until 1 a.m. Monday.
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Afternoon update: The final pieces of Minnesota's next two-year budget were falling into place Sunday amid a time crunch for lawmakers to get it all approved.
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Robin Washington: If you participate in a 401(k) plan that even remotely touches the stock market, be sure to tell the administrator where you want your pork bellies delivered.
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Today will be mostly cloudy with a 90 percent chance of rain and storms, the first of many wet days this week. High: 72. Low: 50.
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If federal health reform doesn’t work fiscally, federal, state and local leaders need to be ready to adjust quickly.
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Mary Ann Weber, who with her husband, entrepreneur Ron Weber, was instrumental in funding the Weber Music Hall at the University of Minnesota Duluth, has died.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
A perfect day
Chris Delp wind surfs on Lake Superior off of Park Point Sunday afternoon. “I’ve been having so much fun, it’s one of those perfect days,” he said when he finally returned to shore. The winds were reaching nearly 30 mph at the Lift Bridge at the time. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
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CAPITOL CHATTERBill mixes paint, bees and farmers ... and includes an island, too
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RINK & RUNU.S wins bronze medal at World Championships; Wilderness loses in Royal Bank Cup semifinals in OT
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5/19/13 at 10:45 AM
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EH? PLUSAll-you-can-eat buffet
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Featured Area Voices
THE GAY AGENDAMoving on up
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5/19/13 at 10:10 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONSSometimes failure is an option
I am proud of my accomplishments. However, each accomplishment is built upon the silent soldiers of any task well done; failure. I was recently at my yoga class and found one particular move quite di...
5/19/13 at 7:19 AM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTYSome Blues
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5/19/13 at 5:05 AM
EVERYDAY GOURMETZesty Tomato Quinoa
There is no doubt that quinoa is on trend right now in the food world. The united nations has even deemed 2013 as the "year or quinoa". Not just because it's popular though, but because it is consider...
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AP Newswire
Officer who fatally shot NY college student along with armed intruder faced harrowing choice
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decisi...State Wires: MN | WI
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