WI Poison Center issues hand sanitizer warning: Could contain dangerous substance
Hand sanitizers are becoming more and more popular as COVID-19 remains a concern. With that, there is an increase in calls to poison centers of possible toxic alcohol…
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Latest COVID-19 numbers
The latest numbers of positive COVID-19 cases…
Duluth City officials prepare for primary elections on Tuesday
The city was able to recruit 230 election judges…
Ashland County confirms first COVID-19 related death
Ashland County Public Health Department confirmed…
Heath expert backs Superior School Board’s fall plan
The Douglas County Public Health Officer supports…
2020 Grill Wars cancels annual burger battle
The reality of the coronavirus has stopped…
GOP leader wants Wisconsin Senate to strike down mask order
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate…
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Despite pandemic, daycare facility to open in downtown Duluth
To ensure all’s safety inside the building, Vanneste has come up with a preparedness plan, and to not intermingle teachers in different…
Parents consider home-schooling after Gov. Walz’s announces back-to-school plan
For ten-year-old Isabella, she doesn’t want to worry about being sent back home for remote learning should COVID cases spike. “That would be weird,”…
Walz: Minnesota school districts will decide individual plans for fall
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Thursday that he’s leaving individual school districts to come up with their own plans on how to start their…
Northland school districts react to Gov. Walz’s back-to-school plans
Whether school is in-person will be based on data and requirements from the Minnesota Department of Health and…
UMAC pushes football, soccer, and volleyball seasons to spring
While most sports are deliberating on how to proceed with academics during the pandemic, the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) has voted to…
Evers orders masks statewide as coronavirus cases spike
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative…
Washburn Co. Sheriff won’t enforce ‘unconstitutional’ statewide mask mandate
Washburn County Sheriff Dennis Stuart said Thursday that his department will not enforce Governor Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, calling it…
Dunkin’ to close 800 US stores as pandemic hurts sales
Dunkin’ Brands Inc. expects to close up to 800 underperforming U.S. stores this year as it tries to shore up its portfolio in the wake of the…
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies at 74
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the…
148th Fighter Wing stays mission ready despite pandemic
The Duluth-based 148th Fighter Wing has a high speed training tempo they couldn’t let Covid-19 slow…
With virus on rise, Walz promotes mask distribution
Gov. Tim Walz planned to visit a suburban Minneapolis packaging facility Wednesday to publicize the state’s effort to distribute 4 million masks as…
COVID-19 struggles force former teacher to make career change
Olson resigned from the East Central School District in May, after finding child care and remote working posed…
State moves prisoner intake from St. Cloud due to COVID-19
The Minnesota Department of Corrections is moving the state’s prisoner intake operations from the St. Cloud prison where the number of coronavirus…
Wisconsin among 4 states added to Chicago quarantine order
Chicago added Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska and North Dakota to the list of states where people who are traveling to the city must quarantine for two…
Coronavirus pandemic helps real estate market soar
According to the National Association of Realtors, home sales were up 21% in June compared to…
Positive COVID cases pop up at multiple Ashland businesses
The Ashland County Health and Human Services Department issued a statement Tuesday on the heightened risks of being infected by COVID-19 in public…
Free Iron Range COVID-19 testing draws more than 1,300 residents over 2 days
In St. Louis County, 332 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, with a third of those cases having been reported since the July 4th holiday…
Testing supply chain in Minnesota re-emerges as concern
Minnesota health officials are concerned about re-emerging challenges in the testing supply chain as cases rise statewide in recent weeks.…
Should you get tested? St. Luke’s offers new COVID-19 online questionnaire
A new online questionnaire is being offered at St. Luke’s for patients to know whether or not they should be tested for…
McDonalds requiring customers to wear face masks
McDonald’s says starting next month all customers will have to wear a mask when entering one of their…
Feds send team to evaluate Minnesota’s coronavirus response
A federal COVID-19 response team provided suggestions on how to improve Minnesota’s response to the pandemic during a Friday morning briefing.…
Duluth hospital forms new partnership as ER visits drop during pandemic
Doctors are blaming the drop in ER visits on COVID-19, and people wondering if it’s safe to visit a hospital or call an ambulance amid the…
Virus sends jobless claims up for first time since March
The viral pandemic’s resurgence caused the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits to rise last week for the first time in nearly four…