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Two Injured in Early Morning Shooting on East Third Street in Duluth, Police Seek Witnesses
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Duluth Police were dispatched to the scene of a shooting incident in the city's East Third Street area. The call, which came in around 2:15 a.m., led officers to a chaotic scene where two individuals had been shot, according to a recent press release.
Duluth Police Investigate Shooting Incident on Woodland Avenue, No Injuries Reported
Residents of the 600 block of Woodland Avenue in Duluth experienced a disturbance on Sunday afternoon as local police were called to the scene of a shooting. According to the official report from the Duluth Police Department, the incident, which took place at around 1:00 p.m. on August 25, resulted in no injuries despite the discovery of casings in the area.
Mermaids from Wisconsin cross the English Channel
They did it. Four middle-aged women from northern Wisconsin have become the first relay team from the Badger state to swim across the English Channel. Their goal was just to finish. That’s not easy, but not only did they do that, the WisconSwim Mermaids beat the average time of about 13 hours by roughly 90 minutes. ...
CSS football ready to flip the script thanks to veteran leadership
The College of Saint Scholastica football team started their 2023 campaign with a 2-2 record, with a whole lot of season in front of them. However, six straight losses had them looking forward to this year, which is finally here, and these Saints are ready to go, especially the upperclassmen.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Overnight into Tuesday For the Sioux Empire
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of southeast South Dakota and parts of Iowa and Minnesota. The Watch is in effect until 6:00 AM Tuesday (August 27, 2024). Sioux Falls, Brookings, Mitchell, Huron, Yankton, and Vermillion are included in the Watch area. A Watch...
This Week in Hermantown Sports
Note: Sports Notebook is powered by Perrault Construction, the trusted roofing, siding and window company in Duluth. Girls Tennis – host Duluth Marshall, 4 p.m. Hawks Update: “We're now entering the third week of the season, and it's been an exciting start for the Hermantown Hawks girls tennis team,” said Hermantown head coach Jessica Worden. “The first two weeks have been about putting in the hard work, and our practices have been fantastic. We had a tough match against (Duluth) East, where we came close in several matches, even though the final score was 1-6. We're proud of Evie Sullivan, who secured our first team win at number two singles in that match. We've also faced Buffalo and St. Francis, gaining valuable experience along the way.
A Final Look Back at the Accomplishments of UMD Athletics in 2023-24
Less than a week out from the start of 2024-25 University of Minnesota Duluth fall sports seasons hitting the playing fields and court against outside competition, it's time for one final look back at the incredible accomplishments of all of the Bulldog teams in 2023-24. For an athletic department known...
BCA Issues Statewide Alert For Missing Endangered Minnesota Man
Foley, MN (KROC-AM News) - A statewide endangered missing person alert has been issued for a missing central Minnesota man. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sent out the alert this afternoon at the request of the Foley Police Department. That agency has requested the public's help in finding 40-year-old Joshua James Woolsey.
Tire management key to mastering VIRginia International Raceway
Tire degradation has been a hot topic at VIRginia International Raceway among IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competitors. The clear belief is that tire management will play a primary role in the 2h40m Michelin GT Challenge at VIR. Both GTD PRO and GTD have six sets of Michelin Pilot Sport Pro...
Michigan House GOP leaders decry proposed recount rule change as ‘blatant end-run’
Michigan House Republicans are calling out what they say is an “attempted end-run” around state election law ahead of the November general election. House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) on Friday sent a letter to Jonathan Brater, the director of the Michigan Bureau of Elections, denouncing proposed administrative rules on election recount procedures the […]
A Wisconsin ballot error highlights the pressures on election officials ahead of November
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.Everything had been going just fine on the morning of election day in Summit, Wisconsin, when a voter walked up to an election official and asked why Chanz Green wasn’t on the ballot as a state Assembly candidate.A few checks, a couple calls, and then panic set in: It was an election official’s worst nightmare.The Douglas County clerk, who’s relatively new to leading the office, assigned the wrong Assembly race to the small northern Wisconsin town. Summit’s...
Wild week of US weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. Millions of people in the Midwest have been enduring dangerous heat and humidity. An emergency medicine physician treating Minnesota State Fair-goers...
Severe weather forces fair-goers to take shelter; thousands remain without power across metro
MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands took shelter at the Minnesota State Fair while more than 90,000 people across the Twin Cities were left without power at one point after a severe storm swept through the metro Monday evening. Fair officials urged fair-goers to seek shelter while rides, attractions and some vendors...
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