(Minneapolis, MN) -- Minnesota State Bar Association President Leo Brisbois [[ BRIZ-boy ]] has been named a U.S. magistrate judge in Duluth. In announcing the appointment, Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis called Brisbois an experienced litigator with "an outstanding reputation for maintaining the highest ethical standards and a commitment to ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Duluth police have released the name of the woman whose body was found on railroad tracks near a city paper mill Monday morning. Investigators say 48-year-old Cathy Ann Mclevis was hit by a train the night before and her death was accidental. She was a resident of Duluth.More
(Silver Bay, MN) -- The famous sea arch at Tettegouche [[tett-uh-gooch]] State Park collapsed into Lake Superior over the weekend. A naturalist made the discovery at the landmark that has been photographed hundreds of thousands of times. Park Manager Phil Leversedge says what remains is now called a stack or seat ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Federal mediators have called negotiators for the nurses union and two Duluth hospitals back to the bargaining table, two days after nurses authorized a one-day strike on a date to be determined. A tentative meeting between the union and Saint Mary's Duluth Clinic is set for next ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Numbers at the halfway point of the 2010 shipping season look good, with signs that demand for cargo on the Great Lakes will continue improving in the second half. Cargo for U-S-flagged lakers is up 53-percent from last year and tonnage on the St. Lawrence Seaway is up ...More
(Superior, WI) -- Just over the Minnesota border in Superior, Wisconsin -- investigators continue putting the pieces together following what they term a homicide-suicide. A 26-year old woman, 23-year old man and 13-month old girl were found dead Wednesday in the same area of a house, all from gunshot wounds. Police are ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Police are looking for a knife-wielding assailant who critically wounded a man in a Duluth park Wednesday night. Investigators say the 48-year-old victim was cut on the face and back of the head. It happened just after 10:30 in Duluth's Lincoln Park. Police have not yet ...More
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Nurses from Saint Luke's Hospital and Saint Mary's Duluth Clinic did another round of informational picketing yesterday. Union leaders indicated contract negotiations are centered around staffing levels. Nancy Carlson, an RN at Saint Luke's, says they want to make sure there are enough nurses for ...More
