St. Louis County starts with 12 new workers for Affordable Care Act
A compromise hiring plan was approved as the county prepares for an influx of enrollees.Duluth News Tribune, 06/11/2013
St. Louis County Board debates Affordable Care Act caseworkers
A battle brews over hiring new employees to administer the Affordable Care Act.Duluth News Tribune, 06/11/2013
Water leak could prove a big headache in Rice Lake Township
It started as a small leak about two years ago, got bigger in April — and now Rice Lake Township officials fear they might have a big expense boiling over.Duluth News Tribune, 06/09/2013
Feds officially announce plans to end wolf protections across U.S.
The Obama administration on Friday did as expected and announced their plan to end protections for gray wolves across the U.S. even in areas where they once roamed but no longer exist.Duluth News Tribune, 06/07/2013
Hibbing woman arrested in husband’s stabbing
A 31-year old Hibbing woman has been arrested after she apparently stabbed her husband and then accompanied him to the emergency room.Duluth News Tribune, 06/07/2013
Minnesota Power gets vote to retrofit Cohasset plant
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday agreed that Minnesota Power does not need to conduct a major environmental review before retrofitting its Boswell 4 coal-fired power plant in Cohasset with new pollution control equipment.Duluth News Tribune, 06/07/2013
Commission supports retrofit of coal-fired Minnesota Power plant
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday agreed that Minnesota Power does not need to conduct a major environmental review before retrofitting its Boswell 4 coal-fired power plant in Cohasset with new pollution control equipment.Duluth News Tribune, 06/06/2013
Duluth workshops focus on climate-enhanced flooding
Groups stress adapting to warmer climate, bigger storms, to mitigate flood damage.Duluth News Tribune, 06/06/2013
Bear attacks McGregor woman
A 72-year-old rural McGregor woman was bitten and clawed by a sow bear Monday evening in the woman’s yard just outside her lake home.Duluth News Tribune, 06/06/2013
Bear shot by game warden near McGregor after attack on woman
The 72-year-old McGregor woman received “non-life-threatening” injuries and the bear later was killed when it charged at a state conservation officer, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource said today.Duluth News Tribune, 06/05/2013
