(St. Paul, MN) -- Non-ferrous mining in Minnesota is among the issues on lawmakers' plate at the State Capitol today. Lawmakers get an overview of the PolyMet project in Hoyt Lakes this afternoon in Senate committee, and that same panel takes public testimony tonight on the draft environmental impact statement for ...More
(Chisholm, MN) -- After standing idle for nearly a year, the Hibbing Taconite plant will resume production the first week of April. Chisholm Mayor Michael Jugovich (JEW'-go-vitch) says more than 500 steelworkers will be back on the job, adding "It's not just the miners that will be benefiting. It ...More
(Chisholm, MN) -- Police are keeping close watch over the 47-year old man accused in the fatal shooting at a sports bar in Chisholm Saturday night. Authorities say 40-year old Edward Walberg died and two other men from Chisholm are in the hospital. The shooter was heavily armed but a patron ...More
(Nashwauk, MN) -- There's been another snowmobile fatality, this time near the northern Minnesota city of Nashwauk. The Itasca County Sheriff's Office says 67-year old Charles Alley of Shakopee died in the hospital after his sled left a trail at Mount Eide (EYE'-dee) and smashed into a tree ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's tree population is under seige from more than one type of destructive insect. First, the emerald ash borer. And now the gypsy moth has migrated to the state, infesting many varieties of trees in the Arrowhead Region of northeastern Minnesota. The state Agriculture Department's ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- One of Minnesota's more optimistic economists has become less positive about the economic recovery, especially in northeastern Minnesota. Duluth economics professor Tony Barrett says the recession has hit harder and longer than many people expected. He says Minnesota's mining industry will not see big improvement until ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Environmental groups are confident they'll get all the start-up money they want for anti-pollution work on Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes. One goal is keeping the destructive Asian carp out of the lakes. There are conflicting theories on whether the carp could survive in the ...More
(Duluth, MN) -- Police in Duluth are asking for help locating a 17-year-old boy who was last seen Thursday afternoon at Central High School. The parents of Garrett Hanson went to pick him up but he was not there when they arrived Hanson told some classmates he was going to the ...More
(Virginia, MN) -- The Internet has added another weapon to the crime-fighting arsenal in northeastern Minnesota. Nearly 40 law enforcement agencies can now log on to a crime-mapping website that gives police a quick and updated look at crime types and patterns in their area. Virginia, Minnesota Police Chief Dana (DAY ...More
(Duluth, MN ) -- A missing school teacher was found dead Sunday north of Duluth. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Neumann was discovered near his pickup truck. Neumann taught at Proctor School District and was reportedly the subject of an investigation into sexual misconduct. After reports of the investigation surfaced, he went missing. Foul play ...More
